One of the classic ways abusers internally deflect responsibility is via a twisted transferance of blame to the victim. In other words, it was something little Tommy had done (or heck, simply who he was) that made Dad (and, alas, it’s usually Dad) beat him black and blue. <\/p>\n\n
What makes the dialectic particulalry insidious is that should Tommy accept the blame, the abuse leaps from being merely physical into psychological & emotional. In that strange realm, Tommy’s self-sufficiency & worth plummets as Good\/Bad is no longer something he can independently judge for himself but rather, becomes wholly determined by the tormentor’s chosen response.<\/p>\n\n
Sadly, the recent bombings of the Danish embassy in Pakistan has brought forth language that’s more fitting a domestic abuse case<\/a> than international diplomacy – <\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n Fauzia Mufti Abbas, Pakistan’s ambassador to Denmark, agreed that the Mohammed cartoons, first published in Jyllands-Posten newspaper in October 2005, had incited Muslim anger and were possibly the motivation for the attack, which killed eight and wounded as many as 30.<\/p>\n ‘It isn’t just the people of Pakistan that feel they have been harassed by what your newspaper has begun,’ she said. ‘I’d like to know if your newspaper is satisfied with what it has done and what it has unleashed?’ <\/strong><\/blockquote>\n\n <<\/p>\n\n p><\/p>\n\n <<\/p>\n\n p>Thankfully, the Dane’s recognize their values have worth & aren’t willing to accept blame –<\/p>\n\n J\u00c3\u00b8rn Mikkelsen, Jyllands-Posten’s editor-in-chief, defended his newspaper’s decision to print the cartoons. \n ‘The decision to do so was in full accordance with Danish law, Danish press ethics and Danish press traditions. That the facts have been twisted in the rest of the world and misused for purposes that are no concern of Jyllands-Posten is something we can and will not take responsibility for<\/strong>.’ <\/blockquote>\n\n Bravo. The real criminals are the ones hurling bombs, not operating printing presses. <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the classic ways abusers internally deflect responsibility is via a twisted transferance of blame to the victim. In other words, it was something little Tommy had done (or heck, simply who he was) that made Dad (and, alas, … Continue reading \n
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