When a human being takes the life of another human being there can be a number of consequences - the obvious ones being the immediate loss of a life, the impact on the family and friends and all the knock-on effects that might have. In extreme cases you might end up with an escalation of revenge and ultimately war, but that's fairly rare. Make no mistake, taking another life is a serious matter. However, when someone sets out to corrupt a child, they not only kill the innocence of that individual, but there is also a high risk of that corrupted child adopting the ways of those who corrupted them as a way to cope with what was done to them. In this way Paedophilia spreads like a disease in a way that murder doesn't, it grows like cancer until its corruption fouls the very air we breath and the stink of it reaches heaven itself. This is made all the worse because it is hidden and the brave ones who have tried to speak out in the past have been silenced by fear of reprisal or not being believed. As a society we need to treat those poor souls who have been corrupted by child abuse as both victims and potential abusers themselves - not to punish them, but to help them overcome the corruption that has been done to them. If we don't acknowledge this aspect and tailor the help we give accordingly we are unlikely to completely stamp it out. However, there are those who revel in the power of corrupting a child. These people are beyond our help and we need to send them on to their judgement by a higher authority. I see no reason why people who relish corruption should be allowed to continue to pollute our planet. Paedophilia is a plague upon our planet and it needs to be stopped.
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They all have a lead deficiency. Cheap and easily corrected with only one treatment.
I'll second that. My abuser OD'd before I was able to give them the treatment.
I report every single case of physical and verbal mistreatment of children I witness firsthand. If they do it in public, what do they do behind closed doors?
Quick death, creamation, down the tubes.
An incident occured in my extended family that supposedly involved my father-in-law and my nephew.
Now, my wife's sister is a real piece of work, but I expected her to actually do something after she revealed this damning information, especially as her husband was quite the fire-brand type of person.
But no, they did nothing. So my wife and I confronted her father about it and got it out into the open. He denied it, it wasn't a 'serious' abuse, so it was left unresolved. However, we did put him on notice that this kind of behaviour won't be tolerated. If something should happen in the future then we would have to consider that as confirmation that the first event occurred.
Still, my wife's family did nothing. Turns out that my brother-in-law abused his younger brother when they were kids. I found out because my wife used to date the younger brother before we ever met and he told her.
My wife is also an abuse survivor, if you can call it that - she's pretty messed up in a lot of ways (pretty amazing in others though). Her family were aware of what was going on and they never did a thing other than tell her 'not to go near so-and-so'.
We have to break the taboo about this subject. Too many wives cover up for what they know/suspect their husbands (and family friends) have done because it would negatively impact on them.
Totally agree. Grew up in the 70s and it was definitely taboo back then. I was in denial and felt shame for decades, then finally took a leap and found a great doctor when I was ready to face what happened.
But like you, I heard the same "it just a little" and when he died they sanctified his memory, and my voice was silenced.
Do what you can to support her; it's painful to live with the memories. I find peace through opening people's eyes when I can and thanking God that I did not turn out like he did.
Good for you, Jonathan for standing my your wife! She appreciates it more than you know!
My abuser was my Mom's youngest brother. She didn't have much to do with him until I told her about the abuse years later. Her reaction was to begin inviting him to dinner and give him a job maintaining her property because "hate the sin but love the sinner" . Yeah, she was fucked up. If one of my children told me they were molested, let's just say there are a lot of alligators and feral hogs in south Louisiana.
I think the biggest challenge for me was being angry on her behalf and I couldn't do anything about it.
It's so tempting to go all out on these fuckers, but if I'd done that I would have been taking away her choice and making it about me and my anger.
She's dealt with it really well overall, but there's just something about destroying innocence that makes me go all righteous wrath and just want to smite them.