"Well, Sure, There's the Criminal Thing, But Other Than That, He's a Pretty Good Guy"

A couple months ago, this dude who was in jail for, amongst other things, child rape and general assholishness, escaped the New Bedford courthouse by asking to use the bathroom, then high-tailing it out the bathroom's second door--a door that, apparently, the officer who let him go take a whiz didn't know about.

But I didn't find this escape as alarming as the news reports that said officers had originally taken this guy's handcuffs off so he could call his girlfriend.

Listen, I know it's tough out there. But is it so tough that a convicted child rapist constitutes a good catch?

I mean... seriously. Surely there's an unemployed dockworker or disgraced ex-lawyer or rehabilitated bank robber out there with a rape-free history who you'd feel a little better about spending your Saturday nights with?

Because when the rest of us guys are losing dates to the child rapists, well... I just don't know what to think.