I guess that explains a lot about how we view the world differently. I'd view that as rather naive. Violence happens ever day, everywhere. Can happen at any time. I have boys though, so different expectations too.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:23 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: reason #1 > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 7:08 AM, LRSScout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have you ever been around real violence, not a round > popping off, but > > one that hits, a bat that takes an eye? > > Oh yes. I had some rather rough and tumble times growing up. > I haven't seen the loss of an eye but I had a rather stringy > ex-golden gloves boxer alcoholic Aleut indian for a > stepfather for awhile and we got into it. I remember a > friendly visit from his brother down from Alaska where they > got to drinking and my step father ended up with a seperated > shoulder and his brother ended up with an ice pick in the > gut. Maddog 20/20 is a hell of a drink. I've stuck myself > between him and my mom and looked that violence right in the > eye and made it entirely clear in no uncertain terms that if > he laid a hand on her that it would end up with either him or > me dead and I meant it and he knew it. > > The familiarity with that violence is one of the reasons that > I don't plan on bringing it to bear with anything to do with > my daughter. She doesn't need that shit around. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283940 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
