[moondog]

You two have just put in real world terms exactly what I'm talking about, and thank you for that.

Abuse does not just fall out of the sky, there are signs of trouble that are ignored by those in proximity (family, friends, neighbors, community), just as there are signs for the general public, not in proximity, through previous news reports like the one we are talking about here that laws are inadequate or not enforced and therefore ineffective and good for nothing.

There's only one way to make sure abusers don't escalate to this level, or god forbid repeat the abuse.....and that's for the rest of us to put our concern for ourselves aside long enough to find the COURAGE to stand up and find the ways we can do something about what we can see is so very, very wrong.

We (the collective we) ignore what we know to our own peril and to the peril of those around us. That is why history repeats itself....it will always come back to bite us in the butt. People of no conscience who commit these atrocities need their freedom revoked and it is the rest of us that need to make sure that happens.