[RHINO369]

Ofcourse slave children were abused by their masters, how else would you get them to obey you.

However I should add the Great Society and the New Deal, and use of drugs has as much if not more to do with the problem. Plus none of its an excuse because we humans are blessed with high level intelligence, so even if we are predisposed to violence , they know its wrong.

If every girl who was molested, physically or emotionally abused growing up was put on birth control her entire life, unless she saw a therapist and was married the crime rate in America would be the lowest ANYWHERE in the world.

[Irene Adler]

"If every girl who was molested, physically or emotionally abused growing up was put on birth control her entire life, unless she saw a therapist and was married the crime rate in America would be the lowest ANYWHERE in the world."

I was emotionally (and somewhat physically) abused by my family for years mainly because I did not fit in well with the family and was too honest for the other members who were bent on self-deception in many ways.

I have been married happily to Mr. Adler for 33 years. I worked very hard to be a better parent to my own kids than my parents were to me. My children are: two happy and successful daughters: one is a medical researcher with a master's degree; the other is a CPA who works for a big corporation in their corporate headquarters. Both are happily married; one has her first child and is one of the very best mothers I have ever known. They are both excellent problem solvers and decision makers and well put together young women.

I take the greatest exception to statements from your posts exemlified by the one quoted above.