Why would the death of a child be preferable to three months in hell? Children are young and resilient. With proper counseling, he could go on to live a happy, loving, and productive life. Of course there would be some things that may haunt him, but no one gets through this life without scars.
If he were mine, I'd want him back in my arms, and I'd do everything I could to help him to heal. I would not rather see him dead.
Absolutely... so let me say this: If a choice, I would rather for him death on June 4, vs. death at the hands of pedophiles in the midst of a sex act beyond our imagination. I hope, if he's gone, he went quickly and not after massive abuse was heaped on him.
A side note. There are many children in state homes right now who have suffered abuse that we can't imagine, and they cannot and will not ever be healed... I am glad that Kyron--if he's amidst the direst of circumstances right now--has two loving parents who will usher him through any recuperative healing process available to him...I have no doubt of that.
BUT many kids don't have that. I've a friend in a juvenile home right now. He's a counselor...the things that he sees with these children as a result of what they've lived through, well, it's so real, so painful, and they never again will be anywhere near complete. And worse, when these children go to in-patient state homes for treatment, the abuse often continues at the hands of staff and nurse. Though not sexual abuse, other forms like emotional abuse. My friend told me of one nurse who calls the kids "f*ckers, b*stards, b*tches," and such to their faces as he dispenses their meds.
Anyway, forgive my rambling, but I guess what I'm saying is that it's such an uphill battle to find healing that it requires great strength...I hope that Kyron isn't in the kind of circumstances right now, and for the PAST 100 DAYS that would torment him for the remainder of his life.
I totally understand what you're saying, and I do agree, it's just that the process...oh man... I just can't imagine the strength a child has to have to SURVIVE the abuse and the aftermath.