Comments on: SMACK http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/smacking/ In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.- George Orwell Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:19:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: michaelgreenwell http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/smacking/#comment-2273 michaelgreenwell Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:15:39 +0000 http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/smacking/#comment-2273 indeed indeed

]]> By: flimsy sanity http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/smacking/#comment-2247 flimsy sanity Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:18:27 +0000 http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/smacking/#comment-2247 <em>Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, that is, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, horror, and the fetishization of the victims. </em> Yes that is true but we are so used to it, it DOES go unnoticed. Like not even counting the dead natives of Iraq. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, that is, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, horror, and the fetishization of the victims.

Yes that is true but we are so used to it, it DOES go unnoticed. Like not even counting the dead natives of Iraq.

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