It was received over the weekend, and it shall be the basis for our final poll of 2007.

Washington, D.C.: I am a High School senior and I really like to read these chats. Something happened yesterday that I thought was so weird and kind of funny that you might like it. Like about 99 percent of male teenagers, I have downloaded porn. Nothing creepy, just mainstream stuff. Anyway, I keep it well hidden using one of those free computer programs pretty much designed for just this purpose. So I was a little freaked when my mom started to go psycho on me because she found a stash of pics. Since I've long learned not to deny things with her, I admitted that I had downloaded stuff. The weird thing is that after I had copped to this I realized that she wasn't talking about my collection. I knew that it had to belong to the only other guy in the house, dear old dad. Since I had already admitted guilt I saw no reason to get dad in trouble, too, so I just shut up about it. This is when it gets strange. Later, my dad came to talk to me and sheepishly admitted that he had let me take the fall with mom. And I can see his point -- mom's rage against him would have made her anger at me look Little League. But he really felt bad about it, and wanted to make it up to me. So now I am getting a Wii for Christmas. Are we a strange family or what?

1. Who is the MOST diminished by this story, and why? Choose the best answer.