I am back home. Christine and I enjoyed a vacation in the sun. All the while I was constantly aware that at the same time Paul and Zabeth Bayne have been living through the rigors of the most important days of their family’s life. My daughter Cari has provided the occasional update when it was available. I will now recover my commitment to detail their struggle to regain custody of their children.
Each morning that I am home, upon waking, I hit an icon that immediately loads at least ten internet sites, one of them being CBC. Interestingly today, journalist Terry O’Reilly’s series on marketing called ‘The Age of Persuasion’ is profiled on CBC’s first page. His article today is entitled Heroes and Villains. With a graphic portraying Superman and one of his arch rivals Lex Luthor, the brief write-up says that this episode will air today Saturday the 23rd at 10 AM and again on Monday at 11:30 AM. on Radio One. In it O’Reilly will show how a brand is often defined by the problem it solves or the rival brand it contests against. The strength of the villains, the problems being fought, the obstacles being overcome play a vital role in establishing the heroic quality of the brand being profiled.
In the court case of Paul and Zabeth Bayne versus the BC Ministry of Children and Family Services which will enter it’s second week on Monday the 25th, the characters and conduct of the Baynes for the past two years plus is being accentuated by their contrast with the policies, practices, decisions and actions of the local chapter of the MCFD. No MCFD employee has been villainous. However, when judgements and choices have consistently managed to separate family members rather than restore a family, the entire system comes under question. If the child protection system in B.C. finally comes under the penetrating scrutiny of another full scale independent inquiry, children and birth parents and foster parents and even future employees of MCFD will all become beneficiaries. The Bayne Case will be the catalyst, so guess who are the heroes?
As I place myself back in the information loop over the weekend I will tell you more of what has transpired during this past week of court activity.
Welcome back, Ron. Glad to hear you had a good vacation, but also glad that you are back to keep us in the loop concerning the trial, especially regarding what we can pray for.
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