September 28, 2009
My Reasons
By Veronica
I was going to write a post about Roman Polanski and how angry I am at his defenders. I was going to write a post about how disgusted I am that people still blame children for the crimes committed against them, or excuse their perpetrators if they are rich or talented or charismatic. I was going to write a post about evil and the abuse of power and opportunistic predation and moral delusion. I was going to write that post, and it might have been a good one, but the anger of it all started to crush me. So I am writing this post instead.
This is why I want a world where innocence is protected.
This is why I want a world where vulnerability is met with kindness.
This is why I want a world where the hopes of children are not crushed.
This is why I want a world where girls are allowed the freedom and joy of their dreams.
This is why I want a world where adults are gentle and protective and kind.
I want that world, and when I am overwhelmed with anger, I find comfort in the knowledge that you want it too. Thank you.
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8 Comments on My Reasons »
#1 - Mary-LUE @ 12:14 am
Reading this and seeing pics of those precious children helped this coiled up rage at Mr. Polanski and his defenders unwind… quite a bit actually.
Thank YOU.
#2 - edj @ 7:56 am
Hear! Hear! I, too, have been annoyed (esp at the French minister of culture who said it was the "scary side of america" that would prosecute him).
LOVE the photos, too, btw.
#3 - Karen @ 8:26 am
Thanking for saying something so wrought with anger, darkness, and other nastiness in such a beautiful, simple way. We need to remember what we are protecting if we are to maintain the stamina, courage, and determination to fight the horrors of this world.
#4 - Julia @ 8:57 am
I am so with you on the ugliness and wrongheadedness of the way Polanski's arrest has been talked about; our society has a problem with fame, as well as a problem with taking rape seriously. On the other hand, I think that it's important for me to remember, when I feel my indignation and anger rising at someone else's moral failure, that I keep squarely in mind my own failures, how much I have hurt the people I love, and my own need for mercy.
#5 - Courtney@ChaosIsUs @ 9:08 am
Beautifully put! I dont know much about the case as i have not watched the news in about a week but i am sure of one thing. Anyone who harms a child deserves whatever they get.
#6 - Kristen@nosmallthing @ 9:46 am
Amen sista! You said what needed to be said in such a gentle, beautiful, meaningful way.
#7 - gretchen from lifenut @ 9:27 pm
Yes. I so want that world.
#8 - Melissa @ the lotus pages @ 9:57 am
its an ideal we hope for but difficult to attain…but we can still dream and hope and maybe one day we will get there
keep smiling at our little treasures!