An editorial that points out just how in in danger the children of America are.

We usually cover the storys in an article like this over on Missingabducted.com but this editorial covers more than just the missing. To read more about the war on our children check out From whispers to roars forum. You will ask yourself is it really that hard to pass a sex offender law that actually offers protection.

On another note, can we get a law that actually acts as a restraining order and those who break it don't end up killing. It is fairly clear at this point our current restraining orders just don't cut it.

We've had just about enough of 2005 by Joy Stephenson

It is a good thing that 2005 is almost over. America couldn't stand much more. The country has seen too much in the past year and we need a break. One of the most upsetting things we've seen, besides the Iraq war, is the apparent war against children. It's open season on little girls and little boys.

Recently, I saw on television a very ordinary looking mechanic found guilty of kidnapping, raping and killing an 11-year-old girl named Carlie in broad daylight. Before Carlie, there was the sad story of Jessica. We still don't know what happened to Natalie in that strange story and before that trauma there were many, going all the way back to Polly Klaas and the little one named Amber. Her name is remembered because of the alert system established after her abduction.

A 14-year-old ran away with her 18-year-old boyfriend. When her parents objected to the relationship, the boy shot and killed them both. She fled with him. Today I learned of a Houston junior high janitor who had invited two young female students to his home where the girls were sexually assaulted. Apparently the students went willingly.

Almost every day we are hearing or reading some terrible tale of a child being molested and after that crime, they are almost always killed so they cannot tell. It is even more sad that judges seem to take the crimes a little lightly, issuing no heavy punishment. Boys will be boys, you know.

And what's up with older women choosing boys barely into puberty for lovers and even husbands? Can you believe some of these women are teachers? There must be a reason why all these sexual crimes against children are happening. Knowledgeable people, trained in this area, are trying to figure it out. So am I.

One wonders whether the children have too much freedom. Are the moms afraid to say, “You can't go there,” or, “You may not associate with that person.”? Is there a law which says we must allow high school young people to travel in a foreign country? It has become apparent that most such trips are lightly chaperoned.

Are parents just too busy to know where their children are and who their friends are? Some of us can remember times when we needed a break from children so badly we would have allowed them to go outside and play with Jack the Ripper if it would only afford us a few minutes of quiet. It's understandable. Perhaps we are so concerned with allowing our children freedom of expression that we are afraid to say “no” to them. We would be better off to stifle their creativity a little and teach them about dangers.

To blame all this sexual business on television is just a cheap shot - too easy. It is true, however, that if children and young people don't understand what sex is, they only need to watch a few hours of television and they will quickly see what it is and how its done and that everybody does it casually for recreation. It must follow in young minds that, “if I am not participating, there must be something wrong with me.”

None of this answers the question of why predators seem drawn to children, even babies. It is true that many times, 11- and 12-year-old girls are dressed and made up so that they look to be 21. We no longer want our girls to look pretty and wholesome, they must look sexy even at a tender age. What happened to their childhood? Did they just skip playing with dolls so they could just leap from fourth grade to recreational sex?

It is probable that there is no answer to the problem short of our spending a couple of generations restoring our civilization, or at least going to work on American social standards. If there is an answer, it lies in the hands of parents.

http://www.navasotaexaminer.com/articles/2005/11/29/news/opinions/editorial03.txt

Comments

[Themis Eternal]

I have written many email examples over the last year on passing legislation for better and tougher Sex Offender laws. I have said over and over that it is open season on our children. This article says everything I have been preaching all along. I hope more read it and open their eyes.

This is one example of hat we have been trying to do:

"This is a General Email Example to cover all Sex Offender Bills before Law Makers. You can send to Senators,Congressman and Representitives.

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I am writing you in reference to the future of all American‘s .We are systematically being removed one child at a time. I am referring to the rapes and murders of Men, Woman and children in this country at the hands of registered and unregistered Sex Offenders. Many Bills are before the Senate and House that need your attention. We count on our Law makers to do what is in our and our future generations best interests.

As you have heard, 9 year old Jessica Marie Lunsford was ripped from her home on February 23,2005 by convicted Sex Offender John Evander Couey. She was brutally raped and beaten only yards from her home for several days before being murdered and buried in the yard. Since this happened, half a dozen other publicized cases about children being abducted and murdered have been seen Nationwide. More and more children are being attacked and murdered by these animals. These Bills that are being introducing will provide grants to States and local governments to assess the effectiveness of sexual predator electronic monitoring programs. As well as making registration mandatory, sentences longer and stronger, National Data bases and more.

Cary Ann Medlin, 8, Tennessee; Nicole Parker, 8, California; Chris Byers, 8, Arkansas; Sherrice Iverson, 7, Nevada; Amanda Brown, 7, Florida; Christina Long, 13, Connecticut; Michelle Vick, 14, Washington; Samantha Runnion, 5, California; Maryann Measles, 13, Connecticut; Polly Klaas, 12, California; Amber Hagerman, 9, Texas; Adam Walsh, 6, Florida; Megan Kanka, 7, New Jersey; JonBenet Ramsey, 6, Colorado; Sarah Lundy, 13, Florida; Danielle Van Dam, 7, California. Carlie Brucia, 11, Florida; Jessica Lunsford, 9, Florida; Dylan Groene, 9, Idaho, Dru Sjoden, 22, North Dakota.

There are many many more names on this list and almost all were murdered by a Sex Offender. How much longer does this list have to be in order to force Law makers to open both eyes and see the desperation in the publics faces for change? Ask a parent of just one child named above. They will tell you no more.

As a member of the From Whispers to Roars Team, I am writing to ask you to please support these Bills. On our team, we have banded together all across the country to fight for the rights of all children so no other parent will have to go through the loss and pain that these families have had to endure. If Laws such as these were in place Jessica, Dylan and the other children we have lost since might still be with us. We need changes now.

Please join us in our fight to save America's children from the hands of Sex Offenders/Predators. Support and Pass the Bills before you in the name of the present students and future doctors, lawyers, astronauts, scientists and elected officials.

Let our children live without fear of being raped and/or murdered and give them their future back. The Lunsford’s, Lunde’s, Delatorre’s and Groene’s and all the others will never know now what their children could have accomplished, but they do not want any other parent to ever have to miss it again. Help make this Our Legacy to all children. Please help us save the next generation, today’s children.

Thank you
Sincerely,

From Whispers to Roars Team
www.fromwhisperstoroars.org

To Locate your Senator use http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

It is easy to use and has drop down menus for quick results. Good luck everyone.

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Yes this is long and as you see a lot of thought and hard work went into it. Our children are our future and they need to be better protected. Not with band aids but with real commitment.

I worked for Mark Lunsford starting on Feb 28th up to June 8th. I know this is a difficult fight but the outcome is well worth it. Even if you never join a Forum or group send out this email and be heard.

Thank You for this oppertunity to vent.