Starla Stargazer :D Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 beating on other people? I swear it's everywhere I go!!!!!!!! I've had the opportunity to witness (while driving) people who like to abuse others. The last time it happened a guy was swerving alllll over the road and when I looked to see what the deal was, to my astonishment he was reaching behind him hitting his kids and then also his wife in the passenger side. I raced and raced to get the tag # but cars filed in front of me and he sped away. :/ Fastforward to today.. my kids and I are driving minding our own business when the lady in front of me starts hitting on her child who was in the front seat of the car! :o I thought, oh sh*t here I go again.. so it's like 10 minutes of driving and she keeps reaching over and smacking him, the poor child is practically plastered to the window trying to get away from her wrath. Thankfully, I had her license # and the make of her car burned in my mind, and went directly to the police station! The bad thing? They were acting like it wasn't that big a deal!! :huh: I mean the police station was RIGHT where she was! They could've sent someone immediately to check out the situation. It took them a whole 5 minutes before they finally just asked me to leave the information, I don't even know if anything was done! I live in such a warped state, it's like # 1 in the nation for child abuse and neglect, and now I see why! No one acts like they give a damn!!! :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycdplayerisbroke Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 why oh why do i get stuck with the hos? but yeah child abuse.. have you read that book called "It" ? i haven't and don't plan on it sounds pretty gross and sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starla Stargazer :D Posted July 21, 2004 Author Share Posted July 21, 2004 Why oh why.. yeah I had to steal that from you it was so catchy. :P I HAVE read "It", and it was awful! :cry: So very disturbing, and the sad sad thing is that it goes on all lots but we never really stop to think about it..that is until you see it first hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycdplayerisbroke Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 that's so gross! like he had to eat his own #2 and stuff *gags* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starla Stargazer :D Posted July 21, 2004 Author Share Posted July 21, 2004 Yep it was awful.. really bad stuff. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityandColour Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Because you have eyes. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
::Hayley:: Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 I've read that book - it's awful :( It really is sad that stuff like that goes on around the world............... And the even sadder thing is that we can't do anything about it :angry: :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenna Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 thats so true...the book 'it' is appauling, and disturbing, I mean, to think that someone could treat an innocent child like that, its just sick. I get really mad if I'm in public and see a mom hit their kid, or grab and pull them by the arm really hard, you wanna say something, but then its "not your business", you know? And if they do that in public, what do they do at home? Its just wrong, I even think spanking is wrong. I would never ever. I loooove kids, and I babysit all the time and to think of people hitting little one's like I watch, makes me sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badlydrawngirl Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 i think in a lot of places, things like that are seen as being the 'parents business'. like how they raise their kids is out of everyone else's hands. but if you're like physically abusing a child, surely it IS everyone's business! what kind of a society allows/condones violence? f*cking insane planet we live on honestly :dozey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_scorcho Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 That book is insane. It's painful to know that you're reading about a true story as horrible as that. It's one of my favorite books though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starla Stargazer :D Posted July 22, 2004 Author Share Posted July 22, 2004 thats so true...the book 'it' is appauling' date=' and disturbing, I mean, to think that someone could treat an innocent child like that, its just sick. I get really mad if I'm in public and see a mom hit their kid, or grab and pull them by the arm really hard, you wanna say something, but then its "not your business", you know? And if they do that in public, what do they do at home? Its just wrong, I even think spanking is wrong. I would never ever. I loooove kids, and I babysit all the time and to think of people hitting little one's like I watch, makes me sick.[/quote'] I know, I'm always wondering if I may make the situation worst somehow by nosing into their business.. but honestly it IS all of our duties to report anything as bad as that if we see it.. like I wrote this huge letter in the paper about how if/when we report abuse, the state should make parents take family/parenting counseling.. instead they just wisk the kid away and what kid wants to be away from mommy? There needs to be help out there readily available to families in such crisis, somehow without splitting the family up (unless of course the parent's refuse to change.) Oh how I wish I had some status, I'd be going around trying to make major changes. :/ I have mixed feelings about spanking, I do occasionally spank but it's after time out's don't work and it's ONE spank, and never ever in public. I think that shows such lack of self control if I see a parent spanking their kid, yelling, or grabbing their arms in the store or something, and it DOES make me wonder what they're like at home! :huh: There's definitely a fine line between discipline that helps or hurts a child, and lots of people just don't make the distinction, thus we end up with kids getting abused. :( Ugh, what a mess indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mousewings Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 I've never seen anything like that, but it sounds pretty bad. Humans are a miserable lot... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musiclover Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 may be it's where you hang out... :confused: :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starla Stargazer :D Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 I know it goes on lots all over the place, but I think it has alot to do with this state I live in.. something's not right here. I used to think it was because of someone's status, i.e. poor or poverty ridden.. which I'm sure can't help anything, but I don't think it's secluded to just the "poor". The guy I saw hitting his family the first time was driving a shiny new Yukon, looked well-dressed, clean cut.. Ah who knows. :huh: Crazy crazy stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musiclover Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 do you live in the South? :confused: :/ and yes, corporal punishment for kids and wife-beating are very abhorring acts indeed and must be dealt with. And I agree, rich or poor doesn't matter. But the woman's self-worth and the man's respect for his woman does matter. And if you don't have respect for the other, how can you even have love for the other. And if no love, than what's the reason for being together? :confused: Such men should be felony-convicted and send behind bars where they might get meted such punishment from other brutes...perhaps then they might realize their own folly. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starla Stargazer :D Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 Yes, the south. :confused: Exactly, I think you're absolutely right. When I see a woman who's with an abusive man, I feel for her, but then I don't at the same time.. because a woman (or man) should know when to get out of a certain relationship! It all goes back to that self-worth you mentioned though, I guess there's a great lacking of it. :confused: Ah.. I sometimes wish I'd went to college and pursued my interest in being a counselor. I think I could be a great help to people!! *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musiclover Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Starla, you can still do it. Pursue your higher education, even if you have to take on a loan or go thru a few years of hardship. You've got a kid; that's fine. Get the kid's grandparents to help out...you won't need childcare than and the kid will have a loving family touch. Where in the South? Alabama? :confused: Take baby steps. You don't have to go to a full university and get a bachelors. You can get a quick technical degree and get an okay-paying job...it surely is harder now but you can't turn back the clock... :/ I'm single (well, have a long-distance gf now) but even when I didn't, I found it hard to get my Master's started while working full time, so i know how it goes...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starla Stargazer :D Posted July 24, 2004 Author Share Posted July 24, 2004 Thanks, that's great advice and I will pursue it one of these days. I want to do so many different things, but helping families/children would be #1 on my list. I actually have 2 kids, and after my first one I just KNEW I didn't want to go back to the office job.. I wanted nothing but to be at home with them as long as I could, so that's where I'm at now. I love it, and I think that's what's most important for them while they're young! :) So.. what do you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badlydrawngirl Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 may be it's where you hang out... i think this kind of violence happens everywhere, but in some areas it's covered very expertly. which is sick. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAFE Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 people sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Gordon Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starla Stargazer :D Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 ^^did I miss the joke?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalter zug Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 we all do when jeff is arround :surprised: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starla Stargazer :D Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 hmmm... :dozey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalter zug Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 indeed :dozey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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