My father, was imprisoned twice while living as a Dutch citizen in Indonesia,  first by the Japanese, when he was 7 years old. He has often recounted horror stories of Dutch soldiers being tortured, and Dutch women being raped by Japanese soldiers. He was the victim of attempted starvation by Japanese soldiers. The Dutch internees have never received an apology from Japan, nor any compensation whatsoever.   He was able to distinguish right from wrong even at that age. Indeed, as with others, such as Victor Frankl, this moral sense was consequently  heightened. While some posters might say this is comparing apples to oranges, there is a type of moral equivalency here. Why is it that the Canadian government made such an enormous award to Khadr, who, at the very least, acted with a great deal of questionability in the firefight in Afghanistan. He is not the only young person to have suffered.  The extent of the award made to Khadr is not commensurate to the suffering he experienced.