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Originally Posted by Xerxys
MM, were not going to "bash his brains in" or shoot the man. If it was allowed then we very much would (bash his brains in to death, that is). But we are going to do a bashing of sorts. Possibly one that will place the parent in jail for assault.
What I do fail to understand is how you don't get the instinct to mortally maim someone who harms anyone in your nest. How is it you don't feel this transcends all maturity, social conditioning, self restraint goes out the window and animal programming kicks in?
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Sorry I missed this before. I didn't say I failed to understand it. Perhaps it is just me, but I am fine with the mechanisms we have enacted in 'civilized' society to handle these situations. What I don't get, is how someone thinks they would be protecting their child by exposing them to even more brutal behavior (perpetrated by their parent) that would likely end in them watching while their parent is handcuffed and carted off to jail...for a slap. It's not like he tried to kill her.
Maybe it is just me, but I have no, none, nada of that impulse in me and I don't think it has anything to do with my gender as we have heard several women on this thread echo those sentiments about kicking ass.
To be honest though, it does irk me a little because I think such claims are bluster and bravado and they generally come from people who have never had anything serious happen to their children. The year after the situation with my kids happened, I talked to a lot of parents online who had been in similar situations and the most common reaction they would express to me was not rage - it's something else. Far more primal and quieting than vengeance. If at anytime, that luxury usually comes later.