THE EDITOR, Sir:
ON MARCH 8, 2006 a letter I had written was published by The Gleaner as the letter of the day. It is a honour for which I am grateful but one which has brought me no joy. No one has heard my simple request, not just to hear the children's cry, but to let them cry no more.
I have observed that despite the efforts of the police and the philanthropic move of The Star newspaper, no child killer has yet been apprehended. Surely, someone must know. Who is willing to stand up, not just because there is money involved, but because it is the right thing to do? Who is willing to point to a brother, husband, son as being the perpetrator of these heinous acts upon our children? Who will be the hero?
Hardly any Jamaican could have missed the latest news item about a child being raped while a deacon watched. Betty-Ann Blaine is right to ask who will protect our children if they cannot find safe refuge in the church? The indignation and horror is indescribable. Have we forgotten that quite recently two men were stopped as they lured and tried to sell a young girl? Is there a point lower than this one that we can descend? I am even afraid of the possible answer.
If no one will hear the cries of our children, then what future does this country have? When Portia was elected, I heard many say it's women time now, but I daresay it is children time now. We need to rescue our children from the jaws of death.
Will someone please hear the children's cry ... nay, the time has come for them to cry no more.
I am etc.,
HAROLD BRUCE MALCOLM
bruce_26@hotmail.com
Norman Manley Law School
Mona, St. Andrew
Via Go-Jamaica
