Email is funky so don't know if these are getting through

I never mentioned religion but if you want to know what I think that 
would cause a stir. DV does happen in some groups more than others. 
JW's are more likely to beat their kids than Episcopalians for 
instance. LDS are more likely to commit incest than many other 
groups. Brigham Young preached it was of God. Some religions stress 
spare the rod and blah blah blah and others stress peace and non 
violence towards all living things. Child abuse is the same - the 
more tightly wound the religious beleifs - the more violence and 
abuse, the more easy going attitude of live and let live and let's 
all just get along and meet in heaven and the less abuse and violence.
It has to do partly with the belief system you are born into and 
partly with the ones you choose as an adult. The more authoritarian 
types choose authoritarian religions with strict ideas. That suits 
them. I've never been able to figure out how spanking furthers 
anything. And no I am not writing a thesis here I am simply 
expressing my ideas and I am not going to look for cites to prove my 
points. Anyone else on the list is free to express their ideas and 
look for cites if they so choose.
I actually think non religious people are probably less violent 
especially if that irreligiousness comes from a well thought out 
opinion and not from sheer laziness of not bothering to figure out 
what you think.

At 08:14 PM 11/8/2007, you wrote:
>Are you saying that non-religious people are violent?  I don't think you
>can say that as a generalization.  I think it's faulty (and dangerous)
>to assume that DV would be more likely to happen in one socio-economic
>(or religious) group than another.
>
>I do agree that the demise of the nuclear family and the subsequent lack
>of a support system has facilitated DV.
>
>Kat
>
>Linda Walker wrote:
> > No actually there is quite a bit of DV in higher income homes, even
> > more covered up. I was responding to the earlier assertion that rural
> > communities do not have the same problems as urban communities and per
> > capita I think they do. I am not saying all rural people abuse their
> > kids but I am saying some do. I am saying it is faulty thinking to
> > imagine the rural communities as less problematic or even idyllic
> > because often they have big problems. Moses Lake residents used to
> > meet the train with baseball bats in hand to stop the African
> > Americans from debarking. Per capita the murder rate is much higher
> > than urban areas. Many rural counties are all white for instance. I
> > think that is a problem in a secular society.
> >
> > At 11:01 AM 11/8/2007, you wrote:
> >> I assume she means that a higher rate of poverty increases the
> >> likelihood
> >> of domestic violence=2E  It could have been better phrased=2E
> >>
> >> Kat
> >>
> >> Original Message:
> >> -----------------
> >> From: Cleveland, Kyle E=2E keclevel@FRANKLINCOUNTYOHIO=2EGOV
> >> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 07:56:22 -0500
> >> To: C-PALSY@LISTSERV=2EICORS=2EORG
> >> Subject: Re: email was not working    on spanking
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:C-PALSY@LISTSERV=2EICORS=2EORG] On
> >> Behal=
> >> f
> >> Of Linda Walker
> >> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 5:45 AM
> >> To: C-PALSY@LISTSERV=2EICORS=2EORG
> >> Subject: Re: email was not working on spanking
> >>
> >> >--- Linda Walker <lwalker@CHILDPRO=2EORG> wrote:
> >> >
> >> I guarantee you a lot of
> >> > > those East
> >> > > European and Appalachian kids you went to school
> >> > > with were being
> >> > > brutalized at home=2E it is simply a well covered up
> >> > > phenomenon=2E
> >>
> >> Where's your empirical evidence of this assertion=2E  Seems that you are
> >> painting an entire community with broad brushstrokes=2E  Isn't this
> >> bigotry=3F
> >>
> >> Kyle
> >>
>
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