@Arella Mae,
Arella Mae wrote:I have to tell you. I am so grateful I do not have children. I admire any parent who can bring their child up in this world but I am so grateful I do not have to face some of the things you parents do. My hat is off to all of you.
I do not understand how it can be legal for anyone to write an instruction manual on how to commit an illegal act. It seems so illogical and irrational to me.
I pray they do find out who this person is that wrote this book and do something about it. Children have so many things they have to be wary of in this world and unfortunately, a lot of what they need to be wary of is adults! I am so disturbed by this I am in tears. Parents, my prayers are with you. You are real heros as far as I am concerned.
I agree about being glad that I have no children (tho I do
not dislike children; quite the contrary).
This has been particularly true when I have read of patricide.
I did not find the video to which u referred at first, Arella,
but following your subsequently posted instructions, I found it.
Since I have not read the manual,
I have no opinion as to whether it is illegal or not.
(Maybe it is a kidnapping manual ??)
As my late Law Professor Ellegard said of statutory interpretation
:
" the first step in statutory interpretation is:
READ THE STATUTE ! "
The same principle applies to this, or to anything.
I agreed with Mr. Smart about the wisdom of a child
fighting back
against
ANY kind of attack, including a sexual attack.
That applies to any person of any age,
IF it is
possible.
All my life I have been concerned with considerations of self defense.
I believe that, to the maximum extent that
is possible,
every person of every age shoud be prepared to defend himself
or herself from predatory violence, be it robbery or sexual exploitation.
With that in mind, I began to carry a revolver everywhere
when I was 8 years of age. During my childhood, I was approached
by adults of both genders (at different times) for sex, and I rejected those
with whom I chose not to have that experience, accepting the ladies whom I wanted.
It was always enuf simply to say "No" in my experience
(or, in one case, to play a joke on a relative, rejecting his advances; I got a laff out of that).
It can be possible that this manual
is against the law,
depending on what is in it. Free speech immunizes
some things,
but
not everything.
Permit me to offer this advice, Arella:
its not worth letting this hurt u in your emotions.
If u r unhappy, that does not help anything.
I hope that your life will be filled with as much joy as possible,
rather than the opposite. Your posts show u to be a
GOOD person, kind hearted.
I don 't like to think of u being unhappy.
David