19-05-2025, 12:11 PM
(19-05-2025, 12:03 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: There is also the point, that if we really wanted to support better families, and the elimination of child abuse in this country we could do it, by focusing political will on the effort. Weknow how to do it, we just don't want to do more than more of the same old...
Because the reality is it is not a priority of ANY government. If it was we wouldn't be seeing the trafficking of Samoan children into domestic slavery here, among other despicable cruelties.
Yes we could....but its SO handy to have people we can refer to as less than, people we can blame for anything & everything; it was THOSE people over there, those 'other' people.
The beloved scapegoat group.
You might think that, by this stage we might have woken up to ourselves & made a start on putting things right...
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)