This issue gets to me. I cried at the last city council meeting when it came up, and I’m getting all dewy-eyed now. Though I don’t speak from experience, I hate to think of kids being abused. What bothers me most is that government is charged with protecting personal liberties, but all they seem to be able to do is “raise awareness” about some of the monstrous things that happen to children. Local governments can throw money at fancy buildings and the arts faster than the Fed can print it, they can tag “children” onto any tax they want to raise, but when it comes to protecting somebody from acts of violence, they can only make symbolic gestures.