"they are so mentally sick there is no hope for them"

I'm going to have to seriously disagree with this. Sorry. The reason IMO that there has been no hope for these people is that others would much rather write them off and say "execute the SOB" than even bother to TRY & help them. There have been changes and improvements to the therapy these people get, but there simply aren't enough therapists willing to try. I got this from a therapist, BTW.

Actually, it has been my experience that an awful lot of therapists don't even want to take any kind of controversial case. After I had my personal experience with such a situation, I was directed to a counseling center. I was told later that all the therapists there stood around and said, "no way, I'm not taking her case!" simply because the offender had been in the newspaper. I don't know what I would have done if someone hadn't finally volunteered. And I am the victim's mother, NOT the offender!

It makes me wonder. What kind of a difference might there be in the world, and how many irreplaceable children might still be alive and/or unharmed if someone bothered to help these seriously disturbed people? Helping the offenders is ultimately helping ourselves.

Kevin:
Banner Ad and Front Page Thumbnail/Wording Guidelines

No nudity. This implies no clothes, clothes that are transparent or blurring of nude images.
Minimal cleavage exposure. The majority of the female breast must be clothed (at least 80%).
No exposed buttocks.
No suggestive or sexual positioning.
No placement of the hands in genital areas including female breasts.
No child nudity.
No Sexually Suggestive Language or "Censored" language/images.
No bondage type ads.
Flash (.SWF) banner ads cannot include embedded sounds, links to anything other than your store or a product in the MarketPlace, scripts or pop-up windows. Any embedded scripts or hostile code located in a Flash banner ad will result in one of the following: membership ban or suspension.

I would say that "No placement of the hands in genital areas including female breasts." has been violated in the above image. It might not violate the TOS for gallery images, but I'm just curious as to why it is allowed in a banner ad.

-Heidi

One goes into the house of eleven eleven times, but always comes out one. -River Tam