Posted by shar on September 17, 2002, at 1:05:06
In reply to Re: Dr. Bob, please?, posted by trouble on September 16, 2002, at 21:58:03
> who is trouble offending here mark, the child or the daddy or their neighbors who are too refined to give a good goddamn?
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in this instance, me. The language was offensive to me. But then, given that you are a bright person, you probably suspected your language would offend some people here.And, to the people here who were sexually molested by their parents, OUCH. I want to shield them all from that post.
This is NOT to say THEY would want to be shielded. It is just a protective urge on my part.
>why coddle outright idiocy? how will people learn that way?
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Robin, you are too bright to believe that there is only one way to learn, and that everyone will learn from one approach.I grant you that some of the most offensive, goriest, nastiest, grossest, most disgusting, horrifying, shocking material is remembered well; the Humane Society of the U.S. (or could have been the ASPCA) had an ad that was an EXCELLENT illustration of disposable animals in our society, but it was pulled because people couldn't stomach it. Maybe they were coddling idiocy to pull it, or maybe they pulled it because it was so off-putting people could no longer look in their direction and they were losing their ability to educate because of it.
Here, people's psyches are involved, and that's worth considering.
Shar
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