Child Abuse

Have you noticed how sometimes a topic that wasn’t discussed for a while suddenly springs up everywhere, all at once? During the last few weeks several child abuse cases have been publicized on TV and web, talked about at work and that inevitably left a mark on my writing. I must admit, violence is against my nature. Violence towards children sickens me and hurts all the way to the heart. I can’t understand it and I can never forgive it.

In the second chapter, Jason – an excellent lawyer, but a single man – is accused of viewing child pornography. There is solid evidence found on his hard drive, months of historical data. Still, is he a criminal or a victim? He does, after all, claim to be a technophobe. Is this technophobia just a lack of computing knowledge, which meant he couldn’t cover up his tracks well? Or is it a cover up in itself? If Jason is indeed guilty, then we can never forgive him, but if he is merely a victim, then why is he being set up and why in such a horrific way?