THIS IS THE WEEK

This is the week we launch our Supreme Court media campaign for Nanc's case. (see first post) We have some local interest, but we have to get the story out to the national media. Nanc is scared to death, based on her experience in the past, that no one does care about abused women, children, elderly, but I don't believe that. And yet, I have been pushing the Family Violence Education Initiative (see post 2) for about 4 years now, and we keep getting this "soft resistance" to it. Everyone says, "oh yes, this is so important and your idea makes sense" but nothing comes of it. No one has been willing to step up to the plate and promote the idea or raise the issue in public forae.
We have had numerous conversations about why it is so difficult for people to come to grips with this issue, and our best conclusion, and probably not the only one, is that people don't want to admit to themselves or others that it has happened to them, in their families, or to those they know. If they admit it, then it means that there is something wrong with their family. Also, If they admit there is a problem, they may have to take some action, which is typically a last resort that people have to be pushed into when things get so bad that lives are at stake. Unfortunately, that is sometimes too late.
This problem IS that pervasive in our society. Almost every single person that I have talked to over the last few years about this has had their own stories, and those that didn't probably could if they were willing. This issue is, perhaps, the last bastion of barbarism in North American society. Is that why we cling to it? Is the right to assault family members a final link to our animal selves?
Anyway, it's time to lock and load. We're going over the top.