"Don't let's call it child abuse. It's the rape and torture of children."
- Author and journalist Christopher Hitchens
"Certainly even the most ardent parishioners cannot excuse the inexcusable and must realize that there is no wiggle room when it comes to the rape and torture of children"
- David Love, Exec Editor, BlackCommentator.com
Thank you.
It is about damn time for the right terms to be used. Rape and torture.
Not
paedophilia
Not
molestation
Not even
child endangerment
If it walks like a duck...
Using those watered down terms only reinforces the belief that the resiliency of childhood sees us all through regardless of what terrors we may face. Using those terms equates these detestable acts with grazing a woman's breast on a crowded train. An accident, an oversight, an error in judgment not to be repeated.
The rape and torture of children.
Acts that are committed by people who, science has shown consistently, cannot be "cured" or deterred from their deviance.
(A prognosis these creatures share with serial killers.)
Acts that, if they were committed by regime members in far away countries, would be considered by the global community to be war crimes.
Serial killers commonly receive death penalties. Those regime members commonly receive death penalties.
Child rapists and torturers get...
20 years in prison?
Counseling?
Voluntary castration?
Nothing?
There is no statute of limitations on murder. Presumably because the person is irreparably harmed.
Wow. So true. And such a neglected topic for sure. From my own experience in personally knowing those that have been the victims of such silence and sweeping it under the rug are what is promoted. Leaving them to deal with the horrific afteraffects of what was done to them for the rest of their lives. All the while, the rapist goes free as if nothing ever happened. It is so unfair and so wrong. So who is the voice for them?
ReplyDeleteYou are the voice, for you are them.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Encountering Love. Thank you, Kate Danger
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