This might piss some people off. Good. I hope it does.

[amberskyfire]

Can you tell I'm feeling angsty today?

Never Violence
By Astrid Lindgren
Reprinted from Father Times, Spring 1995, Volume 3, Issue 4. Astrid Lindgren is author of Pippi Longstocking.

Above all, I believe that there should never be any violence. In 1978 I received a peace prize in West Germany for my books, and I gave an accepting speech that I

Comments

[rowan_ree]

Here here!!

[yesididit]

i agree with this. i was only spanked a select few times in my life, when i had done something very horrible and i understood that i had done something *very bad*, but i cannot remember now what it ever was i'd done, i just remember getting spanked

[sailorneptune]

Hrm. Mixed feelings.

I myself was spanked (or beaten, whatever word you want to use to describe violent physical abuse) as a child. Some of the "In a nutshell" is true, and some is just plain insulting and hurts almost as much as the abuse did.

I have never thought that hitting someone was an appropriate way to deal with ANYTHING. I would sooner die than harm my own children, and I abhor any type of confrontation, especially physical ones.

The beatings I received kept me fearful, so I never went out of line. I never rebelled with drugs, alcohol, partying, skipping class, etc. That fear helped me realize that it's never right to use force to have someone agree with you or to prove any point.

I know my case isn't like all the other cases, but I feel kind of bad for being accused of thinking that hitting kids is okay because I was hit as a kid.

[imogen_blue]

my mother & her family were violently abusive.
it does make you feel worthless.
it's also made me anti any kind of abuse.
no one has the right to hit a child. they should never be given the impression that it is okay to hurt them because you are big & they are small.

i love pippi longstocking.