Is this going too far? Judge for yourself....

[mason]

I just read this story earlier today... all I can say is that I was gobsmacked and somewhat saddened ... no wonder so many people don't like plastic: lurid tales like these certainly don't help!

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/t ... 6127050599

Here's the text if you can't open the link:

A REPEAT public indecency offender with a "fascination for plastic" was behind bars in Ohio in the US today after allegedly having sex with a neighbour's pink, inflatable pool raft.

Edwin Charles Tobergta, 32, was arrested on Sunday at his home in Hamilton, Ohio - a city north of Cincinnati - after the raft's dismayed owner caught him in the act, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

The owner apparently shouted at Tobergta, who then ran off with the pool float.

When cops took Tobergta into custody, he begged officers not to send him to prison and told them "he was doing it but only because he has a problem and that he needs help," the police report said.

Tobergta has been arrested at least five times for similar offences and his grandmother tearfully told The Enquirer that the family has tried to seek mental care for him.

"He has a lot of mental problems and he's always had a fascination for plastic," she said. "That's just it. That's all of it. We never could get the proper care for Edwin. It's like nobody cares."

[merv]

it is more a case of the guys mental state than anything else to be fair. I wouldn't have thought that something like that would have any bearing on whether somebody would then choose to wear a plastic raincoat in the rain. What do others think?

[rainwear-experience]

I think Merv's right and it would have been a lot more harmful if they'd actually mentioned rainwear

[neil]

I think the imprisonment would be likely due to harrassment/public order offenses and the fact that he was a repeat offender.
I doubt many"normal"people would make the link between this and rainwear.