Ok you speak of fault, that goes to blame. Will you go so far as to say no one but the perv holds any responsibility for anything?
Isn't that like saying a woman that goes to bar, gets drunk, goes home with a strange man and ends up being raped bears no responsibility whatsoever.
Agreed she is not to blame for being raped, that is all on the perv that did such a thing, but will you tell me honestly that she bears no personal responsibility for her own actions of getting drunk and going home with a strange man?
One person's personal responsibility does not absolve another of their own. That is why blame is something different than responsibility.
Lordy, I was not going to engage in this but, you cannot compare a grown woman drinking in a bar to an 11 yr. old riding his bike and getting snatched!
Saying that a child who was kidnapped at 11 had a responsibility to free himself from his tormentor is just plain dumb. You are talking from an adult perspective. I'm sorry you were molested but I gather from what you wrote you WERE NOT kidnapped as well.
Children are not born with personal responsibility, they learn it as they grow up. By the time Shawn was at the age to start taking personal responsibility for his actions his head was already twisted.
THE ONE AND ONLY PERSON IN THIS STORY THAT IS TO BLAME IS THE DISGUSTING PERVERT THAT KIDNAPPED THESE BOYS!