What's the deal, Danish Commenters?

First, a disclaimer: we love inquisitive Europeans. A bemused Danish correspondent, whose real name - no, we're not joking - is Claus Christensen, has written in:

"Here in Denmark we read about the case in newspapers - and then we laugh! Come on - why turn this into a headline-scandal?? Alright, had he distributed the recorded sex - then that would be an offense. But turning on the webcam, sharing it with a couple of friends - that's just plain stupid."

The consensus in Denmark: no porn distribution via the internets, no foul. Interesting, though we're not sure we agree.

After the jump: we unreservedly endorse Claus' brilliant suggestion.

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Prime your Google Readers:

For this Sunday's Washington Post, IvyGate founders/editors emeriti/slavedrivers Nick Summers and Chris Beam have penned an op-ed both wistful and erotic. As the screen grab shows, we've got a title confirmed, "Going Home Alone," but the tracklist has yet to leak. It will appear in the Post's Outlook section -- the poor man's Week In Review -- awkwardly near George Will's weekly socio-political history lesson. Then they'll discuss the article in a washingtonpost.com session Monday at noon ET. All this is to say that by Monday around 1 p.m., we'll know Nick and Chris' sexual histories very well.

Check into IvyGate Sunday for the official op-ed reception. This means we'll sloppily post the op-ed, and Nick and Chris probably won't answer your questions. Instead they'll sit back and watch as commenters somehow start debating whether Barnard is part of Columbia within half an hour. "Well tut tut and fiddle-dee-fum," they'll muse, a bittersweet raspiness cloaking their aged voices. "How we do miss the commenters at IvyGate."

And if that's not enough, we'll try to post more hot pictures of Casper (by popular demand) with Nick and Chris' op-ed. Nothing has ever been as important as this upcoming blockbuster post. Eh, maybe this.

Casper Desfeux, the Great Dane of Davenport, never got a chance to email his sex video to anyone. As an AP story recounts, wretched technical difficulties got in the way:

Desfeux told Yale police he never sent the video to anyone because, at 45 minutes, it was too lengthy to process. He also said he did not make any still photos from it.

Those Danes can go! We assume the Yale cops all slowly nodded their head and said "45 minutes? Nicccccce."

After the jump, more details from the silly arrest warrant affadavit. And silly lawyers.

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Readers, you were right: sometimes in our haste we overlook an eminently postworthy story and delegate it to RagTime's one-liner status. Yale sophomore Casper Desfeux, 20, was arrested last week for allegedly filming himself having sex with a girl without her permission. Of course, a sex tape is nothing to keep private, so Casper apparently showed it to others. At some point, we're guessing, the girl found out. Even better? Casper's Danish, i.e. creepily European. His lawyer calls the whole thing a "misunderstanding."

After the jump: More douchey revelations that we strongly recommend you see. Just look at that picture!

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