Yeah, some people just don't have the resources to work things out and with most of us stuff takes time.
If it didn't take time, we'd be accusing people of anti-social personality disorder, or something.
Just because someone is at a different stage of survival, it doesn't mean they're 'playing' the victim. I just really, really don't like that expression at all.
I get where you're coming from Jono, and I agree with you that no one 'makes' us feel a certain way.
I do feel uncomfortable with statements about choosing to be a victim, however.
It has connotations of people being responsible for for being abused. Y'know, something's creeping me out about 'she was asking for it' with these statements about choosing to be a victim. I think we have to be careful about how we word this stuff.
It's possible that some people have been victimised and it takes time to work through that stuff. I'd be wary about coming across as blaming someone for that.
How good we have it at the expense of holding disabled people up as having it bad?
Doesn't that work on the assumption that it's bad to be disabled?
Personally, I think an environment which doesn't cater for people's needs needs changing and in order for that to happen voices need to be heard, not suppressed.
I think soldiers are political pawns, but I'm also aware of how grateful (some of?) the German people were when the Americans arrived. They were brave men.
jac_the_gripper Forum Posts (5,363)
RE: Dogs
Yup to the first pic, too.The second one - I would have needed a Guinness World Record making bun.