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Re: Sarah's Law
Feeling a need for justice/revenge I can totally understand and when the justice system fails then there is a natural temptation to take the law into our own hands.
The problem with doing that is that we would then become a criminal and the law would then seek to punish us. Does that really benefit our families?
Look at it in the context of a child who has been raped and the abuser is then attacked by the child's mother. The mother ends up in jail. The child then suffers even more not just the loss of the mother for a given time when he/she needs them most but also by being tormented with feelings of guilt for having "caused" the parent to be arrested. I know the child isn't guilty of anything but these are the sort of thoughts and feelings which torment the mind of an abused child. Why add to that?
Yes the law often fails us but hard as it may be we need to look at it in a different way and look at what effect our actions would have on our own loved-ones and families. The pervert/abuser/rapist has hurt the family once already. Why let them do it again? (Which is exactly what happens when you seek revenge.)
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