Uh Ms. Obama-- you are smoking hot!

[MineralMan]

57. I was providing information, not correcting you.

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If I spoke and wrote Dutch, I would be thankful for information on that language from a native speaker. That is the way one improves his or her use of a language.

But, never mind.

Lusting after women in private is one's own business. When it becomes a public statement, then it is something that can be commented on in public. When I say that something is in "bad taste," I am expressing my opinion. That is the case with almost all statements I make here that do not contain simple data. I do get to decide what I think is in bad taste and I get to comment on it here. You can disagree with my opinion, of course. DU is a public forum, and both statements are equally allowed. I believe that suggesting a desire to have intercourse with the wife of the President of The United States seems to me to be in bad taste. And what else is being suggested when that person is referred to as "hot." There is no doubt that Michelle Obama is a good-looking woman. The President is lucky to have found her. I do not have any sexual thoughts when I see her, or when I see other women who may be attractive but who are married to others. It's just not how I think.

As for women on DU, I do not remember any of them voicing that opinion of Obama. Someone may have, but I don't remember it.

Expressing sexual interest in public figures is just common. And by common, I don't mean that such expressions are frequently made. I'm using one of the secondary definitions of the word. Specifically, definition 6 in the entry below:

com·mon (kmn)
adj. com·mon·er, com·mon·est
1.
a. Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more; joint: common interests.
b. Of or relating to the community as a whole; public: for the common good. See Usage Note at mutual.
2. Widespread; prevalent.
3.
a. Occurring frequently or habitually; usual.
b. Most widely known; ordinary: the common housefly.
4. Having no special designation, status, or rank: a common sailor.
5.
a. Not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characteristics; average: the common spectator.
b. Of no special quality; standard: common procedure.
c. Of mediocre or inferior quality; second-rate: common cloth.
6. Unrefined or coarse in manner; vulgar: behavior that branded him as common.