"... On Apr 10, 3:47 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: ..."
> I think that it is easy for us > (anyone reading) to sit in our ivory towers and bemoan the evils of > the world and wonder what went wrong. Yes, it is and I believe it is far healthier and moral to walk the streets with everyone else and see the good that happens in the world and study how it can be better. Cup half full rather than half empty sort of thing. > The subject of morality has me > wondering about the idea of moral imperative. If we know (commonly) > that the repeated trauma of child abuse can cause the arrested > psychological development of important things like conscience, > empathy, compassion, self concept, can we look the other way when we > know it is happening? Are we participating in it when we do nothing > to stop it, or even talk about it in ways that sugar coat it or > condone it? More important, I think, is the question of how we can look the other way when we know of the killing and slavery that abounds in the world and do nothing about it. > I do feel passionately about advocating for the sanctity of childhood > and think that we all have responsibility for the children around us > to provide homes and communities that allow them to grow and achieve > their highest potential. I have no problem with providing a proper environment for all of us, children and adults alike, but it is the sanctity of childhood that I think has blindered you. There is nothing sacred about a child. However, many consider the innocence of childhood to be a basis for that sanctity. Innocence is merely a nicer word for ignorance. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
