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Articles tagged with: heinous acts

The Cutter

October 20, 2010 – 8:34 pm | 18 Comments | 2 views
The Cutter

The reasons behind cutting are many and often difficult to understand. Cutting is a way that some people, often teenagers, use to cope with the pain of intense emotions of abuse, rejection, desperation, grief, bullying, and sexual molestation. Their coping skills may be overpowered by emotions that are so strong, the only way they know to ease the pain is through self-inflicted wounds.

Hate Crimes, Women, and The Internet

May 24, 2010 – 4:47 pm | 28 Comments | 8 views
Hate Crimes, Women, and The Internet

Perhaps the larger issue is the virtual world of the Internet and how many individuals are becoming more socially isolated. There are numerous social media sites and millions of blogs. As with much of technology, that brings about both good and bad.

A Homeless Man Dies, Alone and Discarded

April 28, 2010 – 10:46 am | 13 Comments | 4 views
A Homeless Man Dies, Alone and Discarded

We must somehow look at these acts as indictments of society’s lack of caring outside the field of self. Unless we as a society begin to care about such heinous acts, we are as guilty as the perpetrators and those who pass by with little more than a glance.

School Bullies and Suicide of Victims

March 31, 2010 – 1:20 pm | 12 Comments | 3 views
School Bullies and Suicide of Victims

For this situation to end in the desperate act of suicide is achingly painful to think about. Children driving other children to end their lives so the taunting will stop is unacceptable.

Domestic Violence: A Global Terror in the Home

November 18, 2009 – 1:30 pm | 11 Comments | 10 views
Domestic Violence: A Global Terror in the Home

A startling number of “honor suicides” has emerged in Turkey. This is a process whereby a woman who ostensibly shamed her family, chooses to commit suicide under pressure from her family so they may avoid penalties for murdering her.

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