<p>Re the campfire incident: Many things were considered acceptable 30 years ago that are not acceptable today. There was no sexual harrassment; boys will be boys, after all. Schools, buses, lunch counters were still segregated. There was no cry for diversity. Girls took home ec and typing; boys took wood shop. Ivies were all male. So were professional schools. (Sandra Day O’Connor graduated at the top of her law school class; her first job was as a legal secretary.) And in my youth, there had been no real school shootings, no planes flown into skyscrapers, no metal detectors at the school entrances. Societal context must be considered. What was a campfire prank long ago can be terrifying real today.</p>