In this case, history and basic
human decency tell us that answer is resoundingly «Yes.»
Not exact matches
But I believe it was hinted at in the words of a young Cambridge undergraduate who
told me that what he and most of his friends aimed at in their sexual behavior were three things: permissiveness, within the range of social
decency and acceptance; affection, by which he meant genuine caring and the beginning of real love; and responsibility, which he defined as readiness to stand up and take the consequences for any and every sort of
human contact.
In the end, the outrage one must feel about this crime against an individual who expressed
human regard and
decency is conveyed, and Nekrasov's dedication to
tell as much of the story as he can is more than appropriate and duly recorded.