No, your stupidity is what's traumatizing...
I'm sure most of you who haven't been hiding out under a rock the past few days have heard about the ranch in Texas that was raided by the police after they received reports about polygamy, child rape, incest, etc. Well, this article on yahoo today just takes the cake. Apparently a few of the mothers are appalled at how the government is reacting.. saying their children are being subjected to uncomfortable and personal examinations, confinement, and questioning. I suppose a group of 16 year olds being forced to marry a 50 year old creep isn't any of that.
The exposure to these conditions is traumatizing them.
On a somewhat related note... I was thinking awhile back about extreme moments of social-injustice in some countries' histories. The Holocaust probably stands out most... and I've never been able to comprehend how such horrible actions could ever be justified in people's minds. I'm not saying that all Germans lacked any conscience either. Afterall, when it really comes down to your life or a stranger's... most of us wouldn't be so selfless. Still... I'm amazed at how such horrible acts have been justified over the years.
Then I think about our own country. Good ol' U.S. of Atrocity. Our 400 year history is full of genocide, banishment, witch trials, slavery, racial discrimination, politically motivated invasions, and, well, wacko cults just to name a few. Yet... almost every instance is somehow 'justified' by religion. I mean nothing against religion... just pointing out the obvious irony. It just seems that, even with our GPS navigators, iPhones , and high-speed wireless internets... we are still so primitive socially. No wonder many people scoff when we as Americans proclaim freedom and justice for all.
"Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -C.S. Lewis
The exposure to these conditions is traumatizing them.
On a somewhat related note... I was thinking awhile back about extreme moments of social-injustice in some countries' histories. The Holocaust probably stands out most... and I've never been able to comprehend how such horrible actions could ever be justified in people's minds. I'm not saying that all Germans lacked any conscience either. Afterall, when it really comes down to your life or a stranger's... most of us wouldn't be so selfless. Still... I'm amazed at how such horrible acts have been justified over the years.
Then I think about our own country. Good ol' U.S. of Atrocity. Our 400 year history is full of genocide, banishment, witch trials, slavery, racial discrimination, politically motivated invasions, and, well, wacko cults just to name a few. Yet... almost every instance is somehow 'justified' by religion. I mean nothing against religion... just pointing out the obvious irony. It just seems that, even with our GPS navigators, iPhones , and high-speed wireless internets... we are still so primitive socially. No wonder many people scoff when we as Americans proclaim freedom and justice for all.
"Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -C.S. Lewis