harsh realities

[eternal_purity]

Hm. Some things I wanted to touch upon in this entry are things that I've been thinking about for some time now. I've been attended domestic violence counselor training every Saturday and Monday for three weeks now because I am working to become a state certified counselor for non-profit organizations. The sessions are quite long and I believe that

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[lystellion]

You've got slightly mixed-up with spelling, that is you've mixed up corporal which means more or less 'of the body' so 'corporal punishment' is more literally 'body punishment', with corporeal which means existing in the physical world, being material etc. It's an easy enough mistake to make

[lystellion]

Get this--Indians--or rather, those from the Indian subcontinent--were classified as White/Caucasian.
HAHAHAHAAAAAAA!
Yeah, I totally look white.
Except for my skin color, my hair color, my eye color and, oh yeah, did I mention my skin color?

That's very strange... I can't think of any good reason for that. Whos ends does it serve?
Isn't there quite a variation in skin tone across the subcontinent though? I seem to remember hearing that fairer skinned people were seen as more beautiful in India, I seem to recall most of the religious art I've seen as being of a fairer skinned Asian tone? Or it could be some colonial myth.

I then realized that organizations, companies and agencies could manipulate statistics all the time so that it will work towards their favor. Some of the causes can be truly good causes. For example, my consultant for QUEST says that the stats for the prevalence of abuse is that 1 out of every 3 girls/women get abused sometime in their lifetime. Now, here is the catch: how do they define "abuse"? Is it physical

[lystellion]

The thought that my ideas, my opinions and my interests are based on lies is a scary one.I think if your beliefs cohere then there's a reasonable chance of it being an at least passable representation of reality. Reality itself doesn't contradict itself, so if your ideas do not contradict themselves, and if they're checked regularly against reality with evidence from your senses (i.e. the sciences, history etc.) you're likely to have something rooted in at least some truth. Or something along those lines. You might have some core beliefs near the centre of your worldview which if substantially incorrect would make your view of reality somewhat scewed, and those tend to be the kind of questions that philosophy deals in, and the ultimate explanations given by science, among others. These deserve a lot of attention and thought I think. So a Christian Dominionist is in serious trouble, believing a lot of false things right at the heart of their worldview - you can always be sure your view of reality is considerably closer to the truth

[eternal_purity]

Whoops. I knew it looked wrong but I typed in "corporeal punishment" into Google and it came up with sites about spanking at school, so I assumed that was the correct term...hm.

Yeah, I agree with what you say about disciplining your child. Kids can be a big handful sometimes (I learned that while volunteering at a daycare) and it would come to the point where I had to grab their arm, drag them up into a standing position and drag them to a corner. I felt bad about this at first but when I saw the teachers doing it, I realized it had to be done. Kids aren't going to listen to you if you just yell at them.
Well...maybe if you have a really scary voice.

Yeah, it is sad. I learned in my training that the most dangerous time for a woman is right after she tries or actually does break up with a boyfriend/husband/whatever. Just yesterday, I read about a case in which a 15 year old was killed by a former boyfriend in another school around here. He killed himself after, too.

Isn't there quite a variation in skin tone across the