tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254594496888680289.post2952214600041451944..comments2023-01-31T08:41:00.115+00:00Comments on JerseyToday: Why would anyone do that?Mark Forskitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09189827278867422775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254594496888680289.post-31304693591822748742015-05-06T19:28:37.999+01:002015-05-06T19:28:37.999+01:00Hello James. You are right about the legal system...Hello James. You are right about the legal system's perception historically. However that is different from the public view - quite important for a politician. It doesn't seem to explain the stupidity of creating evidence by way of photos and filming. That would still have been sufficient to end a career I think. Mark Forskitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189827278867422775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254594496888680289.post-45096270613794808662015-05-06T18:15:39.265+01:002015-05-06T18:15:39.265+01:00We have to remember that child abuse was viewed as...We have to remember that child abuse was viewed as something almost trivial by the legal system. Never forget that in 1982 Geoffrey Prime confessed to molesting young girls, and was subsequently discovered to have been spying for the Russians. He was sentenced to 38 years in jail: three for the child sex offenses and 35 for spying. Could you possibly see that happening today? I couldn't.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194881271051758232noreply@blogger.com