tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post7214622931864998657..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Indefinite DetentionNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-61770916642628696562011-04-25T21:46:35.661-05:002011-04-25T21:46:35.661-05:00You're welcome. Let me know, here or on MT, if...You're welcome. Let me know, here or on MT, if you find out more about it. I heard about it on NPR and was fascinated. One thing we need more of, for sure, in this world is empathy.<br /><br />I'll check in here from time to time. It's a good blog.Robbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232121078654992108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-63884061007159759932011-04-25T21:26:04.484-05:002011-04-25T21:26:04.484-05:00Hey Robbie/MM!!!!!!!
I'm going to check out t...Hey Robbie/MM!!!!!!!<br /><br />I'm going to check out that "empathy game." I hadn't heard of it before. So thanks for the tip.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-84311853599124579562011-04-25T21:07:05.513-05:002011-04-25T21:07:05.513-05:00I fully agree about the schizophrenic attitudes. I...I fully agree about the schizophrenic attitudes. It's not just sexuality but also in how 18-year-olds are considered mature enough to join the military but not mature enough to drink a beer.<br /><br />There are very few actions that should be punished by life in prison, and even fewer when committed by juveniles. Society fails these kids again and again and then locks them up.<br /><br />Are you familiar with the "empathy game" (I can't remember what its official name is) that is used lately in seminars to help everyone from judges and cops to parole officers and social workers to understand what life is really like for the people they deal with? Apparently it's very effective.<br /><br />(Full disclosure: I'm MM, in case you hadn't seen my very brief profile and figured that out.)Robbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232121078654992108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-39014367745961769012011-04-25T20:04:27.203-05:002011-04-25T20:04:27.203-05:00Robbie
I agree that those are complex questions. ...Robbie<br /><br />I agree that those are complex questions. But they deserve our rational consideration.<br /><br />Being driven by fear doesn't work any better on the issue of sexual abuse than it does when it comes to terrorism. <br /><br />I firmly believe that sexual abuse is more publicized now. But the truth is that we, as a culture, are a bit schizophrenic when it comes to sexuality...using it as a marketing tool on the one hand and as a bludgeon for oppression on the other. That is a recipe for deviancy, as we've seen so well illustrated in the Catholic Church lately.<br /><br />This issue came up for me today at work because we work with some young people who are getting caught up in this system of indefinite detention. Most often they are raised in environments of poverty and abuse. They are sexualized as young children and act out what they have been taught. As a result, we put them in prison for life. Its just not right!Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-87682121159408425902011-04-25T19:49:03.343-05:002011-04-25T19:49:03.343-05:00Ours is a very punitive and unforgiving society, b...Ours is a very punitive and unforgiving society, but child sexual abuse (and I don't mean just the possession of pornography) is a tricky issue. I don't have any answers, just questions. For one thing, why is the sexual abuse of children so pervasive in our society? Or has it always been so and is just more publicized now?<br /><br />There are many aspects of our society that sicken me. Abuse is one and unreasonable punishment is another. What should be done with the repeat offender?Robbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232121078654992108noreply@blogger.com