Chris Brown Revisited

I am watching his interview with Larry King and it's making me quite upset. I'm not going to comment on it any more than saying that it is clear that I won't see what I want to see from him any time soon. However, in my dream world, this is what would happen...

Chris would apologize and mean it. He would admit that he has a "problem" and get help for it. He would do it for his fans - all the kids that are looking up to him, all the little girls that adore him and all the grown ass women who jumped to his defense - for Rihanna, any future women in his life, his mom, and mostly for himself - or the scared little boy that he used to be. He would accept that it's not enough to just say "I'll never do that. I'll never hit a woman." He would also speak to men and young boys and encourage them to seek help to deal with what they saw and experienced in their homes. He would speak to women and girls and tell them that Rihanna didn't deserve what he did to her and that his actions can't and shouldn't be justified. He would tell them that they deserve better. He would encourage those in violent relationships to seek help or find a way out of a dangerous situation. He would say all of the things that he wanted someone to tell his mother. He would do his part to make sure that at least one other child doesn't go through what he did...

but we don't live in my perfect world. At the end of the day, I know he is just a young man who happens to be famous. However, he is also a young man who spoke out about how domestic violence affected him as a child and who has an opportunity to help other young girls and boys in the similar situations. He could be just what someone needs to break the cycle, if only he realized he was still caught up in it.