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not to minimize the suffereing of abuse victims, but can't we all just move on?

Posted by znufrii Mar 12 '09, 07:36

Does it do us any good to dredge up abuses that happened 30 years ago?

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Try telling that to someone that was abused. - Spawn Mar 12, 07:57
I agree but for many it never goes away and it gets handed down to how they parent their kids. It's f'd up. An f'd up chain. -- nm - lileve Mar 12, 07:51 6
- I can't imagine that throwing money at the problem is any way to break that chain, though. -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 07:53 5
  - I responding to you not the article. The money should go to the help the people should get. -- nm - lileve Mar 12, 08:07
  - no, but punishing the abusers might help. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 12, 07:55 3
    - but this is about being able to seek civil claims, not criminal punishment. -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 07:57 2
      - Yeah...and? -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 12, 07:59
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read the article - it talks about hundreds of recent claims that have been refused because they were made after the time limit expired -- nm - Roger More Mar 12, 07:40
I have nothing to back this up, but I'm surprised you'd take this side on this one. -- nm - TFox Mar 12, 07:40 1
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Maybe to keep it from happening again? -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 12, 07:39
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- Just seems like most of the child abuse cases involving the preisthood are from that long ago. - znufrii Mar 12, 07:42 3
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    - I thought the last part of your IM was bad enough, but according to the article: - Roger More Mar 12, 07:51 1
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