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“It is always a mistake to underestimate how long it takes for mankind to understand the traumas it has suffered, especially the self-inflicted ones.”

Book:The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life

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The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life

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A.C. Grayling

A.C. Grayling is a British philosopher, known for his work in ethics, logic, and political philosophy. He has written numerous books and articles on these subjects, and has been a prominent figure in the public discourse on philosophy and its relevance to contemporary life. more

“At some point in their life, everyone is given a mission - something they are called to do. And what's important to remember is that, no matter how difficult that undertaking may be , it's their duty to fulfill that task. One day, you may be called to do something you don't think you have the strength to handle - something that scares you. It may even terrify you. That's when you need to dig deep inside yourself and find the courage. It's there.”

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Author:Laurie Jameson

“Jan Hindman knows all too well that people who have lied for decades about their offending would lie to her about being victimized as a child, so she compared the reports of abuse by child molesters who were not being polygraphed on their answers with a later group who was informed that they would have to take a polygraph after the interview. The group that was being polygraphed was also given immunity from prosecution for crimes previously unknown in order to take away one of the many reasons that offenders lie.[103] The study is not about how good the polygraph is — although it appears to be highly accurate[104] and better than people are at detecting deception in any case. Rather, this study is about how good the offenders thought the polygraph was because the answers of the group who was going to take the polygraph turned out to be very different from the group who was going to take the polygraph turned out very different from the group who wasn't going. In a series of three studies, the offenders who claimed they were abused as a child were 67 percent, 65 percent, and 61 percent without the threat of a polygraph. With polygraph (and conditional immunity), the offenders who claimed they were abused as children were 29 percent, 32 percent, and 30 percent, respectively. The polygraph groups reported approximately half the amount of victimization as children as the nonpolygraph groups did. Nonetheless, the notion that most offenders were victims has spread throughout the field of sexual abuse and is strangely comforting for most professionals. For one thing, it gives meaning to the behavior of offenders and at the same time allows people to feel badly for them. I remember a cartoon in which a man is lying in a gutter, badly beaten. Two social workers stand over him, and one says to the other, "The man who did this really needs help." If offenders are just victims, then no one has to face the reality of malevolence, the fact that there are people out there who prey on other for reasons we simply don't understand.”

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Book:Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders

Source: Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders

“Decía que el mundo podía intentar quitártelo todo una y otra vez. Pero que, al final, tenías que entregar tu orgullo.”

Yep

Book:Imaginary Friend

Source: Imaginary Friend

“Jude did not flip them off and then drove for a few blocks feeling good about himself, proud of his restraint. His will, it was like iron.”