Originally posted by MimorI think it's just the opposite: the possibility to identify yourself in the adult victim gives you a sense of being able to control the situation, as in "I would've survived the situation had he tried that crap with me". but with a children or an animal you're forced to 'watch' it from outside, powerless to do anything about it, which is infinitely more frightening than even an illusory sense of control.
At the risk of generalizing, I think that's part of human nature.
When we hear about some horrible story, like some serial killer, it's tempting to look at what the victims did wrong. We like to be able to say to ourselves, "Well, if she hadn't been hitchhiking" or "opened her door to a stranger" or "chosen that profession" or whatever, she wouldn't be dea ...[text shortened]... rrifies us on such a deep level that we have to find a way to distance ourselves.
Originally posted by stevetoddIndeed a dog is a mans' best freind, right?
But my dog is already my friend, and a very good one at that! Unfortunately I have to go as I am playing in a match tonight and running late, I have to leave in 30 mins and in that time I have to shower and eat. So as much as I would like to stay I have to leave this post.
Enjoy your match 🙂
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Originally posted by PhlabibitI suspect it was the good people of Salem, willing to demonify fellow citizens who failed to meet some arbitrary mod's idea of what was acceptable behaviour 😉
I can't remember if it was the dogs or cats who were responsible for Salem witch burnings and the Spanish Inquisition.
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... or, in Spain, lazy Catholics
