Friday, January 07, 2005

Hold your child close, for his breath came from yours.

Okay, this article disturbs me. And since that's what this blog is really about, despite kt deciding this is his "fansite" (whatever, dude), I'm going to share. This is another example of someone who has overstepped the line of morality in my opinion.

The article talks about a guy who had himself a collection of child porn. It's not the high end of the age range that bothers me so much - I don't like it, but a sixteen-year-old isn't as horrible. Some people have been known to marry that young.

But a 3-year-old?

Who the fuck gets off at the idea, much less the goddamned footage, of a 3-year-old being raped?

NO!

For God's sake man! Get some anime or something, but don't give these fucked-up bastards an audience!

And how the hell did that child end up in such a situation in the first place? And who the hell could be so cruel as to rape a child?

I know. I'm breathing here, honest. But I'm pissed. I have an especially sore spot when it comes to hurting children. I think that is, by far, the worst possible sin. This story, which talks about a woman who killed her 11-month-old baby by cutting off her arms, for example, turns my stomach so hard it makes me want to vomit and cry all at once.

HOW COULD SHE???

Post-partum depression my ass! There is something seriously fucked up with that woman!

And the kid was 11 months. What could an 11-month-old possibly do to get her so upset that she would do something that horrible?

During the first three months after my son was born, I remember being exhausted and upset. The baby wouldn't stop crying. My hubby didn't get much time off work, and spent his vacation to stay a couple weeks at home but after that it was really rough. I remember times when he wouldn't stop crying and I could actually understand how some mothers could accidentally shake their baby. Fortunately, I had the presence of mind to always set the baby down somewhere safe and walk away for a while, to breathe and focus. I understand now why they reenforce that in the hospital after your baby is born. "Remember, never shake your baby," they told me. It was written on pamphlets they gave me too, in amongst the coupons and other stuff I sorted through when I got home. But the thing is - I didn't shake my baby. Not because of the warnings I received. But because I love him. He came from me. He's a part of me.

There wasn't a pamphlet that told me not to cut off my kid's arms though. And I wouldn't have thought to put one either. Why? Because I didn't think it was something anyone would ever really DO! Oh my God!

Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.

Okay, I feel better now.

I can't stand people hurting children. It's wrong on so many levels. I wish I could say that any mother would be able to back me up on this, but I'd apparently be wrong. At least if the statistics are any indication. Read them. They make me cry.

Have we all just become so stressed that we're letting our inner demons out? What? What is happening to people?

2 Comments:

Blogger Amara said...

You've never had experience with the mentally ill, have you?

8:45 PM  
Blogger RaynDragon said...

Yes, I have had some, actually. Admittedly, not with many severe cases, and not in any kind of professional capacity.

1:35 AM  

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