You're not going to get a lot of them, just like you're not going to catch a lot of people who steal others' identities on a small time basis, or small time drug users. However, just because a lot of incidents will go uncaught, does not mean we're going to legalize identity theft or using heroin, and were anyone to…

Expanding on that, for parents who did not go to the extremes that your parents did, who maybe did the light spanking or whatever who all in all were truly decent parents, I think there's understandably a reluctance to start that line of questioning 'were my parents abusive? No of course they weren't, that's…

Well, kids don't get removed from their homes for just one infraction on behalf of the parents (unless it was something torturous and horrific). It takes A LOT in the majority of cases for children to be removed- I can personally guarantee you there will be no mass exodus of children being dragged from their homes in…

Agreed, plus I think it's very easy to start off hitting your kids with the express goal of it being a teaching tool, but it's a slippery slope. Once you do it once, it makes it easier to justify continuing to do it, and for that line of 'doing this for discipline' to blur into "You're not doing what I want you to,…

Do you think maybe it was the fact that she wasn't being raised by her own parents, not the fact that your father wasn't beating up on her?

I don't think it's a matter of saying that they were 'devil parents'. My parents did A LOT of fucked up things (including hitting) but not cause they were 'devil parents' or bad parents, or even bad intention-ed parents. My parents loved us, and did their best with the skill sets they had, with the research…

You're angry. They're smaller. Sorry, kids.

I think my favorite story of 'But I was hit...' was after an AA meeting when some of us were talking, and the subject misguidedly came around to corporal punishment, and this man goes "My parents hit me and I turned out fine...". And everyone around him is agreeing, and I just said "Are you forgetting the fact that…

Didn't you hear? It's preemptive. Just in case an out-of-stater from say NEW YORK moves into town and pollutes their ethically pure populace with the hate of those who are different from them. Too bad Anderson didn't ask him about discrimination against non-Caucasians. Bet he knows a few people who would love to…

You forgot "And make your bed"

Yes! Perfect usage!

Me too!

Unfortunately, it was at like 2 AM from a link someone else posted on facebook, and I can't recall where it was :/

I read a more indepth piece about this woman, and based on that I get the impression that she suffered deep childhood trauma, probably of a sexual nature, and that it's literally too painful for her psyche to function in reality and deal with what happened to her.

Maybe, maybe not. A real-life example I can think of is I used to be very connected in my local YWCA. When a friend moved to another state I connected her with a therapist offered through the YWCA in that city to get counseling about a date rape that she wanted to deal with. She really liked this woman and felt she…

The only thing I'm wondering is based on my own experience: As an introvert myself, when people would do things that would bother me, it would take a lot of courage for me to speak up, and I would develop a lot of anxiety before talking with them. That fear would lead me to speak much harsher than I was intending to,…

I think really the answer to the first two is that knowledge doesn't translate into healing. You can read every book there is to read on feminism or Reiki or anything else, but if you have emotional scars that you are not addressing, it doesn't matter in terms of intrapersonal results. Conversely, just because…

Cousin of Monty Python, also not a flight risk. Must run in the family.

So, ice-skating (which is in effect dancing on the ice), an Olympic Sport judged subjectively by judge opinion, is not a sport?

Also, why does it look like it's a spa for washing machines? I've never seen an appliance store look like that.