except the man who took the photograph of a car wasn't violating the car, in the way that someone who takes a pornographic image of a child is. and thus the person who trades in this image is complicit in violating a child.

Make no mistake, they knew he was walking time bomb when they released him. My Dad who was a nurse in a mental hospital at the time Thatcher was doing her 'couldn't give a shit in the community ' initiative and closing all the mental hospitals down told me , 'you'd be surprised how many time boms are walking past you every day on the street'.

I feel sorry for the GG, poor sod - going through life with these sort of thoughts obssessing his mind.

as for the folks who say he should have given up, worn a hair shirt, etc. Haven't they ever tried to give up some form of addictive behaviour...smoking, drinking, over eating, obsessive nagging, etc. We are all very frail vessels and we should show a little compassion towards one another.

if we rich countries can't behave in a morally upright way when dealing with society's screw ups. then we give a licence to poor countries to behave badly.

Presumably that's how China sees it when they organise a firing squad for ten year old shoplifters. Oh we just have a different cut off point - we can't afford to be as squeamish as you rich folk in the west.