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digonswine

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16. I will try to elucidate-
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 07:10 PM
Jun 2013

I worked with adolescent sex-offenders for 13 years.
On the surface, it's easy---kid forces sex upon younger/weaker sibling. EVIL--that is where most people disengage.
Next step--look into the child's history--Oh boy---It turns out he was abused at a young age, as well.
It is about power at this stage. They lose the ability to to have power over the self. Despite their experience, they abuse and exert power.

We always would opine that the kids were in treatment and they would return to families that have not changed. We tilted at windmills.

We hated their parents--BUT--the parents were probably abused, by parents that themselves were abused. Obviously, someone started the horrible train-wreck in motion, but WHO?

What if I was raised in similar circumstances? Who knows?

But-again. It ends at PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. I know of no other way.

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The argument that evil people are (all) crazy... FBaggins Jun 2013 #18
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Here's an interesting book... rrneck Jun 2013 #3
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Downloaded to Kindle. Might take me a while to get to it though. rrneck Jun 2013 #9
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Most of us agree upon what is socially acceptable- digonswine Jun 2013 #4
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I guess I was thinking that there are different versions of evil- digonswine Jun 2013 #7
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Yeah-I think so digonswine Jun 2013 #11
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I will try to elucidate- digonswine Jun 2013 #16
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Yeah- digonswine Jun 2013 #20
Refer to my earlier post- digonswine Jun 2013 #12
Since this has been kicked up ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #14
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Well! ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #21
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Crazy conservationist Jul 2013 #24
welcome to DU! TeamPooka Jul 2013 #25
A long time ago... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 #26
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