Monday, May 12, 2008

time tells stories right?

Cut-out butterflies on green and pink construction paper travel their way down the sidewalks of 10-year-old Holly Jones last steps.
Family, friends and community members gather around the young girls home, waiting for Jones's mother to come out.
It has been five years since Jones's disappearance form her west-end neighbourhood in Toronto, and yet the community does not seem to forget.
A parent's worst nightmare came true when the 10-year-old was kidnapped and murdered by 35-year-old Michael Briere, after he watched child pornography and snatched her off the streets in daylight.
Today, we should not only remember the outcomes of Holly's story, but to see how this story can influence and change the outlines of our laws and protection for children in the future.
I hope this story can encourage our government to put strict rules against child porn and the release of it on the Internet. I never want to see this happen again.
R.I.P.