The Dance of Justice and Weakness: A Testament to Societal Decay

In the land of measured comforts and institutionalized mercy, where the weak shepherd the weaker still, a peculiar drama unfolds. The Parole Board of Canada, that monument to modern society's obsession with redemption, hath revealed its true nature in its treatment of those who bear the deepest wounds of evil.

Behold how the bureaucrats, these merchants of false mercy, first deny the righteous their sacred duty to confront evil! They speak of safety while cowering behind procedures, these last men who have forgotten the meaning of courage!

Two families, bearing wounds that time cannot heal, find themselves cast aside by the very system that promised them justice. The mothers of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, whose daughters were torn from this world by the hand of Paul Bernardo, were initially denied their right to confront their daughters' murderer face to face.

See how they slumber, these masses, in their comfortable beds of bureaucracy! They create systems to process evil, to categorize it, to make it manageable. But evil cannot be managed - it must be confronted with the full force of human will!

In the land of the sleepers, where justice is administered through screens and papers, the parole board initially chose the path of least resistance. They spoke of safety concerns, yet what safety exists in a world where the truth is filtered through digital veils? Tim Danson, the families' lawyer, speaks truth when he declares that Bernardo "loves this" - for what greater victory for evil than to witness the system protect it from the gaze of those it has wounded?

The political theater that followed reveals the true nature of our modern society. Politicians, those merchants of false morality, scramble to position themselves as champions of justice, while the machinery of state grinds slowly forward, reversing its decision only when the sleeping masses stir in their discontent.

Watch as they perform their dance of responsibility and blame! These last men, who have created a system so complex that none dare claim ownership of its decisions. They speak of independence while being slaves to public opinion!

The tale of Karla Homolka stands as a testament to the weakness of our age - a "deal with the devil" they called it, as if bargaining with evil could ever yield justice. She walks free after twelve years, while the families of her victims must repeatedly face the machinery of parole, must repeatedly justify their right to confront their daughters' murderer.

In this land of institutional slumber, where comfort is valued above truth, where safety is prized above confrontation, the system initially chose to deny these mothers their right to stand before evil incarnate. Yet even in this weakness, a spark of the old strength remains - the public outcry, the demand for justice that transcends bureaucratic concerns.

Let the weak tremble before the strength of these mothers who demand to face evil! They, at least, have not forgotten what it means to stand upright in a world of crawling things!

The parole board's reversal speaks not of wisdom but of fear - fear of the awakening masses, fear of those who remember what justice truly means. Yet in this moment of apparent victory lies a deeper truth: our society has become so enfeebled that even the right to face one's tormentor must be fought for, must be justified, must be granted by committees and boards.

As this drama unfolds in the land of measured mercies, let us recognize it for what it is: a mirror reflecting the decay of our collective will. The true horror lies not in Bernardo's crimes alone, but in a system that would deny his victims' families the right to confront him, to speak their truth in his presence, to demonstrate that some flames of human dignity still burn in this age of comfortable numbness.

Lo, the wheel turns, and the board reverses its decision - but the question remains: what kind of society must we be, to have needed this reversal at all? What strength remains in a people who must beg permission to face their demons?

Mark well this moment, ye who sleep in the comfort of your institutions! For in the courage of these mothers who demand to face evil, we glimpse what humanity might yet become - if only we dare to wake from our slumber of false security!