Lissie - thanks so much for pix. I really wrestle with this individual responsibility issue, but ultimately we really do have to recongise that whatever has ahppened to us, it is our response that matters. As my incredibly wise vicar says it is the response to the event that determines the outcome.
As I understand it we are all given choice and free will. To live in any other world would be unthinkable. Yes, we can understand what might have driven our WAS to their horrible actions, but they still chose to behave in that way. They chose not to get help, they chose to turn their back on their commitments.