Parade

No child is capable, emotionally or legally, of consenting to being photographed for sexual purposes. Thus, every image of a sexually displayed child—be it a photograph, a tape or a DVD—records both the rape of the child and an act against humanity.

The media calls the sexual assault of a child “fondling,” and they term incest a “nonviolent crime.” So what harm does that do?

This election year, we must demand that politicians pledge to protect our children. It’s time to ask our Presidential candidates … What Are You Going To Do About Child Abuse?

The difference between sick and evil cannot be dismissed with facile eye–of–the–beholder rhetoric. There are specific criteria we can employ to give us the answers in every case, every time.

To truly protect children from sexual predators on the Internet as well as off we must consider crucial changes in our thinking, our laws and our tactics.

Our notion of the human “family” as the safeguard of our species has not evolved. Instead, it has gone in the opposite direction—it has devolved.

There are far more people who love and respect children than there are those who prey upon them. But if that is so, why aren’t we winning this battle?

What children are, more than anything else, is this: another chance for our flawed species to get it right.

If we really want to fight crime, we must start at its root—;the abused or neglected child.