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Uhhhhh, yes it does. Completely worthless. We're just fortunate he managed to weed himself out from the gene pool before he did any more harm. I suspect there was a lot more to be found than what was in that locker. Have you never watched an episode of L&O:SVU?

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I've never watched an episode of L&O:SVU but I'll comment anyway. What I think peachy is getting at is that the guy can't control what he is attracted to. Do you have a kink? Could you chage that? Could you change your sexual orientation? Some will judge those with these attractions very harshly when the existence of these desires are out of the person's control. A person is more than their sexual fantasies.

On the other hand those who do have these desires certainly have the responsibility never to act on them no matter how much they wish to. In this specific case it's worth pointing out that this guy wasn't exactly leading a life of stifling his desires. He had home video of a sexual assualt of a sleeping woman and child porn on polaroids. He sounds pretty dangerous and definitely should have been reported. Still a dick move.

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So because he can't control what he's attracted to, he's less culpable?

I don't think most of you realize what the OP and his buddies found. I'm not a professional at this, and if anyone is, feel free to chime in, but this was the guy's trophy case. It's not a simple collection of porn, this stuff was personal. Anyone collecting is bound to have done it for quite some time, and apparently it was escalating. He was collecting reminders of his victories over his victims.

It's all about power, not sex. Why shoot a video of yourself jerking off on your roommates bed? Because that was a way of reminding yourself of your victory over your roommate. It's a very hostile act. Killing himself was his way of dealing with the impending loss of that power, not a sense of shame. Shame is for those who realize they have done something wrong. This guy saw himself as perfectly justified.

The OP and his buddies misplay was in not reporting it immediately to superiors instead of trying to make a joke out of it. They're lucky that's all he did, kill himself. The danger to themselves was considerable.