tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495057289153794613.post7498266074052351143..comments2024-01-05T03:34:20.080-07:00Comments on Cat On My Head: Our Capacity for EvilJayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04060651148425906843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495057289153794613.post-31201662248954072892007-04-25T06:31:00.000-07:002007-04-25T06:31:00.000-07:00Thanks for your comments, Camille.You wrote:"I wen...Thanks for your comments, Camille.<BR/><BR/>You wrote:<BR/><BR/>"I went on to discover that I had the power to stop allowing myself to be mistreated."<BR/><BR/>There you go! That statement is what leapt out at me from your comments. It's a very important insight - realizing that we are not impotent victims. Because with that comes the realization that others are not to blame for our situations. And if Cho had not been blaming others for all his perceived woes, then I doubt he would have felt the need to kill. <BR/><BR/>This is why I feel it is so important to empower children in any ways safely possible, and also to instill a sense of personal responsibility in them.Jayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04060651148425906843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495057289153794613.post-73617644671257061812007-04-22T17:11:00.000-07:002007-04-22T17:11:00.000-07:00Thank you Jaya, wonderfully insightful thoughts on...Thank you Jaya, wonderfully insightful thoughts on managing rage.<BR/><BR/>I went through a lot of personal development at one stage of my life where I began to examine my own anger issues quite thoroughly... I found at that time, that most of my rage was the result of being mistreated and I went on to discover that I had the power to stop allowing myself to be mistreated. This is the blessing of being an adult... the sad and frustrating thing is that for children, they don't have the control over their lives to stop themselves from being mistreated and I think that can lead to acts of outrageous violence that are simply unexplainable, ie the Virginia Tech tragedy.<BR/><BR/>No, I don't think you're monstrous for thinking you could possibly understand and I believe Aldon is right in that it is simply within human capacity to be able to feel this way. What can really change the world is finding a collective way to stop mistreating and start respecting the feelings we can have. I wonder if someone were to have listened to this boy from Virgina tech, might this have happened at all? It's hard to say... but never do I think we should avoid or deny our feelings, they are what they are... most of us just need to be understood.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the long drawl :)<BR/><BR/>CamilleS. Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677965869844341756noreply@blogger.com