BArnstormer,
I wasn't referring to the scumbags etc.
My reference was based on hearing (albeit filtered through the media) of a judge awarding a teenager convicted of rape a two week Afican Safari holiday as his punishment and the unfortunate victim a few quid compensation. Many years ago but the one that sticks out.
There are too many reports of "off the wall" judgements by loonies who can't be removed to make me believe anything else, until proven otherwise. There are many sound judgements on a daily basis, I am sure, but we din't get to hear about, this one just looked to me like another out of touch, old ivory tower dweller spouting about something of which he knows little (again).
Doc C