The following passage was taken from a recent post on the blog "Fine Malta" It really sums up well a discouraging tendency in others to ignore or minimize the experience of victims- of violence-or in my opinion, gross injustice of any kind.
"It is very tempting to take the side of the perpetrator. All the perpetrator asks is that the bystander do nothing. He appeals to the universal desire to see, hear, and speak no evil. The victim, on the contrary, asks the bystander to share the burden of pain. The victim demands action, engagement, and remembering."
http://Finemalta.blogspot.com/2005/10/psychology-of-torture-voip-basic-basic.html
http://www.massachusettsinjurylawyers.com
ReplyDeleteHi, Laurel!
ReplyDeleteExcellent posting. That is so true.
Carolyn
(aka The Carpathian Peasant)
A story out of Cincinnati, Ohio, posted 11/04/05 that further illustrates this point. I'm not sure how to connect links through these blogs; but, if the one below won't copy to an address bar, the station is WLWT and is carried by Yahoo News:
ReplyDeletehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/wlwt/20051104/lo_wlwt/3039638;_ylt=AuoaPJasWcTgPr.EAh6Nbc_KxyYC;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCU
Carolyn
aka The Carpathian Peasant
Well, it just connected for me; but, all of the numbers at the end aren't listed. If it washes out somehow, here's the whole number:
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Carolyn