re: #416 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Being blackout drunk is an “excuse” for attempted rape in the same way that bath-salts are an excuse for face-eating. None at all.

It is an explanation which, if accompanied by admission of fault and serious repentance, could help. He hasn’t done that, though one wonders if his record of hiring women clerks and the like might be an indicator that he is trying to atone. Problem is, he hasn’t admitted fault, which is integral to the process.