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When is this ever going to stop...!!!!!!!!!!!! (Original Post) clarice Jun 2013 OP
no one ????? nt clarice Jun 2013 #1
This is where the U.S. should interfere in other countries' affairs. randome Jun 2013 #2
I absolutely agree...funny thing... clarice Jun 2013 #3
anyone? nt clarice Jun 2013 #4
A title referring to what should be stopped, might help. justice1 Jun 2013 #5
Gotcha...good advice....what clarice Jun 2013 #6
Very little ever stops... Silent3 Jun 2013 #7
Thanks Silent.....women's abuse is a hot button clarice Jun 2013 #8
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
2. This is where the U.S. should interfere in other countries' affairs.
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 01:51 PM
Jun 2013

Not for oil but for basic human rights.

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[font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font]
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clarice

(5,504 posts)
3. I absolutely agree...funny thing...
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 01:54 PM
Jun 2013

I posted something similar to this on the Feminism board.
The silence was deafening. Can you shed any light as to
why it was so roundly ignored?

 

clarice

(5,504 posts)
6. Gotcha...good advice....what
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 04:42 PM
Jun 2013

concerns me is that there were 231 views of my post
and 1 response. Abuse of women is high on my list of what needs to be stopped. Thanks again

Silent3

(15,206 posts)
7. Very little ever stops...
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 04:48 PM
Jun 2013

...and even significant reductions of bad human behaviors often take a long time, especially when those bad behaviors receive a lot of cultural support from the culture in which they are embedded.

It may never stop. However, in time (probably too much time), it's likely to get better. I'm not sure what more you want as an answer to your OP.

 

clarice

(5,504 posts)
8. Thanks Silent.....women's abuse is a hot button
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 04:50 PM
Jun 2013

issue for me. I guess I was just wanting someone to share my outrage.

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