tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post2999439794178470809..comments2023-12-19T23:18:30.239-05:00Comments on Reticulated Writer: Vigilante? Or Hero?Reticulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577343017332273507noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-9708861441868669912012-08-11T11:56:07.354-04:002012-08-11T11:56:07.354-04:00Possibly, Pancake. However, it also gives some com...Possibly, Pancake. However, it also gives some comfort to believe you might have some control over the situation if something did happen. Nothing about pedophilia is psychically healthy.Reticulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05577343017332273507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-25470969805237630132012-08-11T11:54:18.404-04:002012-08-11T11:54:18.404-04:00You were still protecting your children, Jello. Th...You were still protecting your children, Jello. That's the whole point. You did fight back -- just not in the way you imagined. Sometimes it takes more courage to do it the way you did. {{{}}}Reticulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05577343017332273507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-36205535851326943342012-08-11T11:52:52.334-04:002012-08-11T11:52:52.334-04:00All true, Zann. I can take a strong stand here, bu...All true, Zann. I can take a strong stand here, but I don't really know how I'd respond. And every situation is different too. I might not have gone and found the pedophile like my student did. But I know what I've done in the past when someone threatened my family. I'll write about that soon. One thing I will admit, using that kind of violence against even a pedophile would not make me a better person.Reticulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05577343017332273507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-6238968892116392432012-08-11T08:28:04.429-04:002012-08-11T08:28:04.429-04:00No doubt, there is something satisfying about givi...No doubt, there is something satisfying about giving kid-harmers some instant karma. Still, I think it's really psychically damaging to indulge in that kind of thinking (nevermind the actual behavior).Amy Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085244038393986135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-87181168185327958692012-08-10T12:21:10.285-04:002012-08-10T12:21:10.285-04:00I used to say I'd NEVER allow a man to beat up...I used to say I'd NEVER allow a man to beat up on me. Because if he did, I'd fight right back.<br /><br />Then I was faced with the situation. Theory and practice are two entirely different things, especially when your children are watching.<br /><br />I didn't fight back.<br /><br />But I did divorce his sorry ass.GreenJellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10008711974632671478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-63517688449739121962012-08-10T07:50:58.899-04:002012-08-10T07:50:58.899-04:00You know what...the truth is, I don't know. I ...You know what...the truth is, I don't know. I am not sure I know my capacity for physical violence and rage. Or my ability to put myself in harm's way for another. I am always sort of amazed at people who say they would give their lives, or kill someone in a certain situation. Unless they've already experienced such extreme circumstances, how are they so sure?<br /> <br />I think I commented on your FB post, about that young man in Colorado who people say "abandoned" his baby and girlfriend. I think I said that I bet he always thought he'd act very differently in such a situation.<br /><br />So whenever I'm asked such a hypothetical, I envy those who have conviction & certainty about their possible actions, but the only honest answer I can give is: "I know how I'd like to act, but I don't know how I would act." And I hope I never have to find out.'Zannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02883332169523460695noreply@blogger.com