Hatrack River Forum: Why do I do things like this?

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Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

I'm watching Maury Povish. He has all of these 10 year old thugs on.
TEN YEARS OLD! [Eek!]

How the heck can ten year olds be smoking, having sex, drinking and doing drugs? And these mothers just weep about it and do notbing to discipline them!
Why do I torture myself this way?

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

It could be morbid curiosity. Why do people gawk at car accidents?

Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :

Because it makes you look normal by comparison? [Wink]

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

It really does nothing to make me feel better. It makes me so grumpy. it makes no sense that kids this age should be acting like this!
And does putting them on shows like this really help them or exploit them by saying, "Look how bad these children are."

Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :

I once read this book where children devolved into gangs from birth in the forgotten streets of Rotterdam...

All we have to do is keep sliding.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

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And does putting them on shows like this really help them or exploit them by saying, "Look how bad these children are."

In what possible way could it be helping them? Programs like this are the modern equivalent of the carnival freak show, plain and simple.

Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :

Humans like to see themselves as better off, its natural, so Oprah rules the world.

Rhaegar