I must have had dementia since I was 12...

Generally, I take the side of business against government intrusion in the marketplace, but this does seem a bit excessive...

News Interactive: $32,000 is 'too much for breast fondling'

A FEE of 25,500 euros ($32,000) is way too much for a woman to charge a man for fondling her bosom, a Finnish district court ruled.

I assume the judge conducted a thorough investigation. Whether he is an expert in the subject or not is another matter.

The court jailed a couple in their twenties for more than a year for charging a 74-year-old who suffers from dementia a total of 25,500 euros to enjoy the woman's breasts on 10 occasions.

That's $3200 a pop. Charlie Sheen can get two hookers to dress up as cheerleaders all night long for that kind of money.

"Based on general life experience alone, it is indisputably clear that a 25,500 euro charge is disproportionate to the compensation in question," Judge Hasse Hakki, who heard the case, said.

Nicely put, judge.

But he said the court in Kokkola, about 300 miles north of Helsinki, would not decide "the proper financial value of the compensation."

That is a fair concession to free market economics.

The retiree filed charges against the couple, who were convicted of extortionate overcharging, even though he told the court he paid the price willingly at the time.

Look at that! Getting ripped off by a whore and her pimp cures dementia!