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Originally Posted by happyland

It would perhaps stay with me forever but so would losing a child!

I can't even begin to imagine how I would live if anything happened to my children at the hands of someone else.. It's painful to even think about.

The grief and pain of such a thing would be bad enough, but to know that whoever was responsible for such a thing was one day going to walk the streets again as a free man plus have his identity protected would add immeasurable anger to the devastation. I couldn't bear it.. I can't even stand to think about it. I would want that person dead.

It wouldn't help matters really. Have a friend who counsels victims of abuse and the deaths of the offenders never heals their wounds, only adds to them.