30 Days of Night

I read a story today http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21886273/
about a settlement between the Jesuits and 110 Alaskan natives who were sexually abused as children. According to the story, these people, in this remote and desolate area of the world, were systematically abused by priests and assistants to clergy who were known to be doing this and were given free reign. Other coverage (Newsweek) about this disgrace indicates that many victims committed suicide. Several children were fathered by these criminals- (it's not just a sin it's a felony) and one girl was instructed to have an abortion and say that her own father had impregnated her. As I read about the destruction these crimes (let's call the behavior what it is) have caused to the individual victims and to their families and to their native culture, I began to comprehend that it is almost beyond description. What happens to a community when every male child is the victim of sexual abuse? When most of the children have been raped? When every family has children who suffer from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? It boggles the mind.

Some months ago, I saw a movie, "30 Days of Night". It was a gripping, terror film based on a graphic novel. The plot was basically that in an Alaskan town, there is a period every year when it is dark for 30 days. Taking advantage of this, a band of vampires invade, take over and decimate the population. With modern special effects the vampires are quite horrifying.

When I read the news, all I could think of was the movie.