Man kills 3-year-old boy for being a "sissy"!

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

BFD. We all choose what kind of people to become. Having lived through hell is not an excuse to put others through hell.

I said I would stay out of this thread..... why didnt I listen to myself???

Do you think that "living through hell" does not predispose you to create it?
That what a child lives through, they might not always see as wrong? or that they oculd be predisposed the behavior because its what they lived with?

Now I can see that the child of an alchoholic can "make a choice" to not be an alchoholic, but in the right socio-economic situation, what if they see no other alternatives?
What if they see the exact same life just come to play before their eyes...
and in part, because there was no one there to point out the differences.

The young woman that was just found after ten years 'in captivity' is now 18. She was given access to a radio, she had magazines, but she didnt have exposure to other teenagers from what we hear. No peer pressure.
All the ideas she came to beleive, were from one person, and herself.
She didnt get to make a choice as to whether or not to be a drug addict, she didnt have access.

Much the same as a teenager with constant access to drugs might not understand there is a choice.
I'm rambling... but you have me curious T.

[tracilicious]

[quote=Ponine]
Do you think that "living through hell" does not predispose you to create it?
That what a child lives through, they might not always see as wrong? or that they oculd be predisposed the behavior because its what they lived with?[quote]

I guess I don't completely get why people don't make see the behavior that caused them so much suffering and go to extra effort not to cause that suffering for others. That obviously doesn't happen often. I just don't know why it doesn't.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

I guess I don't completely get why people don't make see the behavior that caused them so much suffering and go to extra effort not to cause that suffering for others. That obviously doesn't happen often. I just don't know why it doesn't.

Probably because what we call suffering is just normal to them. We all continue to do things that are normal to us that others think are crazy, mostly because we are used to doing them. Fortunantely, most of the crazy things we do aren't so heinous. A person can't get help until they realize there is a problem, abd admitting that YOU have a problem is always the hardest part.