Children's bodies aren't like automobiles with the assailant's fingerprints lingering on the wheel. The world of sexual abuse is q...uintessentially secret. It is the perfect crime.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Jail sentences have many functions, but one is surely to send a message about what our society abhors and what it values. This wee...k, the equation was twofold: female infidelity twice as bad as male abuse, the life of a woman half as valuable as that of a man. The killing of the woman taken in adultery has a long history and survives today in many cultures. One of those is our own.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse; whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt. A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you; the wise..., when rebuked, will love you.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abus...e you.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Children are extraordinarily precious members of society; they are exquisitely alert, sensitive, and conscious of their surroundin...gs; and they are extraordinarily vulnerable to maltreatment or emotional abuse by adults who refuse to give them the profound respect and affection to which they are unconditionally entitled.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For universal love is as special an aspect as carnal love or any of the other kinds: all forms of mental and spiritual activity mu...st be practiced and encouraged equally if the whole affair is to prosper. There is no cutting corners where the life of the soul is concerned....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Everyone has taste, yet it is more of a taboo subject than sex or money. The reason for this is simple: claims about your attitude...s to or achievements in the carnal and financial arenas can be disputed only by your lover and your financial advisers, whereas by making statements about your taste you expose body and soul to terrible scrutiny. Taste is a merciless betrayer of social and cultural attitudes. Thus, while anybody will tell you as much (and perhaps more than) you want to know about their triumphs in bed and at the bank, it is taste that gets people's nerves tingling.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The love of truth, virtue, and the happiness of mankind are specious pretexts, but not the inward principles that set divines at w...ork; else why should they affect to abuse human reason, to disparage natural religion, to traduce the philosophers as they universally do?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »