{"id":95,"date":"2008-08-17T12:53:26","date_gmt":"2008-08-17T12:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/switchingtime.wordpress.com\/?p=95"},"modified":"2008-08-17T12:53:26","modified_gmt":"2008-08-17T12:53:26","slug":"karen-answers-irenas-second-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"Karen Answers Irena’s Second Question"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comment by Irena on August 13, 2008 11:07 am<\/a><\/p>\n

Dear Karen,<\/p>\n

I think a lot of people will deny the facts and refuse to believe that immature, disfunctional and sadistic adults permit themselves to hurt children (young girls) in mainstream American cities, hidden in mainstream American culture. Would Dennis and his like be so incredulous if your story came out of England? or Egypt? or India? or China even? Children are bought and sold (filmed, assaulted, abused) illegally in the modern world because there is a market for it and your father and friends just took what was there. You are spot on in your reply and I\u2019m sure many women have felt angry at the question I refer to because it\u2019s exactly the head in the sand attitude that allows this kind of horror to happen in the first place. America is a country of plenty, of anything goes, permissiveness and porn included, founded on a puritanical framework of Christian morality that often denies rather than faces the darkest aspects of human behavior. Dennis ought to think harder about those men and the \u201cweirdness\u201d of the 60\u2019s because it is not ok to just dismiss it as \u201cspirit of the times.\u201d People get hurt, and you\u2019re right, Karen, children are all adults\u2019 responsibilities, not just their parents\u2019, and in a way young people in our society belong to all of us.<\/p>\n

Irena<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Dear Irena,<\/p>\n

Thank you for understanding and articulating what I, too, feel. I hope Dennis reads the responses left by you and Azkadelia. It saddens me to hear adults\u2019 ignorance and disbelief about children who are abused; this is why they often have no one to listen to them. I believe it’s up to all adults to be aware and take notice of anything that appears suspicious. How different my life would’ve been if only one adult would’ve stepped in and helped me.<\/p>\n

Thank you, again. Your comment will definitely make a difference.<\/p>\n

Karen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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