Full disclosure, Scott: I’m guilty of using “whatabout” arguments. Like when I blossomed and then some at the age of 14. I wanted to show off the girls by going bra-less to a party. Mom said “Fugetaboutit!” “But whatabout Rachel [my older sister]” says I. “Last weekend she went to a party ‘commando’!” That “whatabout” argument didn’t work out well for either of us kids.

P. S. I just recalled that we didn’t say “go commando” back in 1970. We said “go free bird.” The first time I heard “go commando” was in 1976 or ‘77, when I was in the Navy.