Published on 12, July, 2020
I was talking with somebody who got offended because the school won't allow "stimming" for students. Lol, I remember back then, when nobody took child psychology seriously and the primary school teachers used corporal punishments as teaching tools. I remember some kids, probably on the spectrum, that received so many ruler strikes on their finger that they ended up bleeding all over. More than one had to leave school because "they won't stop fidgeting". The other kids used to bully them horribly afterwards, since the teacher used to vent their frustrations on us after having their way with them. I wonder where they ended up, with little education and loads of untreated mental issues. No wonder so many people of my generation are totally mentally fouled up.
Was that a thing, back then in UK? I wonder if it was only linked to my s***hole country. I was born it the 70's, by the way
LOL, it's incredible to think how much popular culture and mindset changed in just 30 years. Back then, people did and said things that right now would be inconceivable. Even paedophilia back them was something that was quietly accepted and not talked about. Britain had Jimmy Savile and Cyril Smith, we had similar cases.
Judge Dredd said:we had similar cases.
If you are talking Italy, then the Catholic Church has a huge amount to answer for.
I suspect that 'turning a blind eye' is still happening there (and elsewhere) with regard to sexual crimes, and also the justification of punishments 'in the name of God'.
Yes and no. The Church had its share of kiddy diddlers, but its role has been grossly overblown. Organized religion tend to attract nonces, but as a British you already know that.
The problem with dogmatic religions, such as the Catholic Church, is that they are obsessed with sexual behaviour being the ultimate in sinfulness. In the Catholic church this gave tacit approval for those apparently free of sexual sin, such as the nuns in charge of the Magdalene Laundries, to treat with calculated cruelty those judged to have been sinful, such as unmarried mothers. This also extended to illegitimate babies and children in various institutions run by the church, because they were 'the products of sexual sin'. An additional factor is the utter confidentiality of confession; sexually predatory priests could shrive themselves of sin and their behaviour go unreported to the authorities.