"Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.” Martin Luther King Jr.
I just finished reading "Night" by Elie Wiesel and here is a part that is interesting.
"Two days after my operation, there was a rumor going round camp that the front had suddenly drawn nearer. The Red Army, they said, was advancing on Buna; it was only a matter of hours now."
"We were already accustomed to rumors of this kind. It was not the first time a false prophet had foretold to us peace-on-earth, negotiations-with-the-Red-Cross-for-our-release, or other false rumors.....And often we believed them. It was an injection of morphine."
"But this time these prophecies seemed more solid. During the last few nights, we had heard guns in the distance."
"My neighbor, the faceless one, said:
"Don't let yourself be fooled with illusions. Hitler has made it very clear that he will annihilate all the Jews before the clock strikes twelve, before they can hear the last stroke."
"I burst out;"
"What does it matter to you? Do we have to regard Hilter as a prophet?"
"His glazed, faded eyes looked at me. At last he said in a weary voice:"
"I've got more faith in Hitler, than in anyone else. He's the only one who's kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people."
"At four o'clock on the afternoon of the same day, as usual the bell summoned all heads of the blocks to go and report."
"They came back shattered. They could only just open their lips enough to say the word: evacuation. The camp was to be emptied, and we were to be sent further back. Where to? To somewhere right in the depths of Germany, to other camps; there was no shortage of them."
"When?"
"Tomorrow evening?"
"Perhaps the Russians will arrive first."
"Perhaps."
"We knew perfectly well that they would not." Elie Wiesel
Isn't it interesting how Hitler kept his word?
Isn't it also enlightening to see the hope and continual belief in what keeps failing?
I realize that Elie's experience of evil is at the utmost end of the spectrum...and yet, it seems that in sexual abuse, the only one to keep their word or to be faithful to themselves are the perpetrators. The 'good' folk just keep promising and failing.
I see Evil as being this faithful one you can rely upon and how most will continually believe IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN....and put their faith in that. When history and family legacies and sheer statistics show us how you can rely upon evil to deliver.
And, I am not sure who will stop this machine of sexual abuse. There is no Red Army approaching the lines...trying to curtail the activities of most pedophiles.
It seems mostly to me, that most are waiting. Waiting for what, I am not sure.
Some wait for him to die....
Some wait to leave home.
Some wait and hope there will be no more.
And, while we wait and believe that tomorrow the abuse will be done, it will be over....it will end. The abuser has no one stopping him.
I see very little active pursuit of eliminating the next victims availability...to make them scarce to these individuals. Instead, it is like we are inviting him into our camps...for very few will ask him to leave.
I just find it amazing how we can count on the abuser, he is more faithful...He is the true prophet.
And those who are hoping to change or for change are the false prophets...they speak no truths.
