We Must do More

Experts say we must do more against child abuse.

We need to do a lot more against this powerful enemy of us all.

We must do something about the growing cycle of abuse.

I read an interesting article dated 3-6-2003. In that article I learned we have 162,000 inmates in our jails. Back in 1980, there were only 23, 511 in prison in California. When the numbers of abused people grow so that they constitute a substantial percentage of the population, then counter-revolution is possible-perhaps similar to the revolution they had back when in Nazi Germany.

We must help those being abused or the pain will someday reach your own family, if it hasn't already. Now is the time to give us a shoulder and help us help these children.

A quote from a sad article back on 12-22-02, "This problem goes beyond the church and what the churches are able to do," said a leader of a coalition of churches-where a choir member was slain on the very steps of his church. "It's a mission for the whole community to embrace."

Continuing from 12-22-02, the Chief of Police in San Bernardino said, "…It's not just a police role. It's a parenting role. It's a community role. It's a society role…"

On 1-16-2003, a Reverend had little to say about the subject except, "Evil prevails because good men do nothing…"

In 12-8-2002 a prominent social worker with Children's Network, San Bernardino County, said, "The earlier we start, the better the chances we have to prevent violence…be involved…" An experienced hand with decades of service in the field, this social worker knows his stuff.