Tuesday, February 5, 2008
In a quote from Bob Butterworth, head of the Florida Department of Children and Families, Shawn Macomber finds a perfect example of why the culture of victimization fails to protect any real victims:
"There are certain things you can't prepare for. I guarantee you, this is one thing I never expected to occur. It is one person who committed, I believe, a horrific act--a horrific act--and therefore not only victimized his victims, but victimized this department, the media and the 13,500 people who work here."--Bob Butterworth, head of the Florida Department of Children and Families, on the arrest of Al Zimmerman, his agency spokesman, for soliciting young boys for sex.
[Macomber says:] "Indeed. Actually my concern for the media and the Florida Department of Children and Families, so terribly (allegedly) brutalized by Zimmerman, was so great, I plain forgot about the boys at all. I'm sure they've had a rough time of it, too, though. After we tend to the wounds of the media and the bureaucrats we should definitely check in to see how the kids are feeling."
Or, as Karol says, "we're all molested children now". When bureaucrats and media types are tripping over each other trying to grab the "victim" spotlight, who wants to be a hero?
