michelled's Blog

tpd18, I know, that is what makes it so sad. How badly had she been beaten that she could not even stand up for little baby. He threatened to take the son away. What a coward and it goes against me to wish bad to people, but he really deserves it.

p.s. GO GATORS!!!

I'm appalled at this case. It shocks every thinking person that a man could be so evil.

I'd be willing to bet that this bully was the victim of an abusive father, and learned at a very early age to use those bullying tactics.

It is also entirely possible that the mother was the product of the same type of upbringing and came to accept bullying behavior as normal.

While many folks focus on how to punish this evil man, more of us should ask how we can prevent the next such unspeakable crime. I firmly believe we need to make it clear to students as young as those in kindergarten that violence is an unacceptable way of solving social problems.

This does not mean I would not apply violence to save my life of that of others, only that it should be a last resort as a defensive tactic. As Abraham Mazlow once said, "If your only tool is a hammer, you'll approach every problem as if it were a nail."

A link to that story BTW.... So far they have recovered 2 of the 4 bodies! :-(
http://myembarq.com/news/news_reader.php?storyid=157336
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I can't even describe how I felt after I heard about this. This man is a monster. I only hope they let him into the general population in prison. It's very hard not to want some horrible end to happen to this sorry excuse for a human being. I only wish the mother would have gone to a shelter or found the strength to leave and get help somewhere. I can't imagine watching my child being beat to death without giving my own life to try and save theirs. Ultimately, it's the mother's responsibility to keep her child safe.

There is no love greater than what we have for our children. As moms' we would sacrafice everything, including our life for our child. My questions is, "mom where are you", how far down have you sunken that you are not able to protect your children?

Just to add a different light. There are dads that don't protect their children from the mothers. although it is rare to see that.

hear hear michelled!

You know WHAT Sugarbaby I......Do know what she went through BUT..... BUT SHE CHOOSES TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH!!!! THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WILL HELP WHEN IT IS ASKED IF DONE!!!! I WAS ABUSED BUT THE MINUTE THAT MONSTER SO MUCH AS LOOKED AT MY CHILD IN AN ANGRY WAY THAT WAS THE END OF IT!!!!
I CHOSE TO WALK AWAY!!!! TOOK ME 3 YEARS TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO NOT FEEL SCARED OF THIS MAN BUT I HAVE FINALLY DONE SO AND CAN WALK PAST HIM AND NOT FEEL THREATENED IN ANY WAY THERE IS HELP BUT WON"T SMACK YOU UPSIDE THE HEAD LIKE ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE YOU HAVE TO REACH OUT FOR IT.....I DO BLAME THE MOTHER AND SHE SHOULD HAVE STOOD UP FOR HERSELF AND SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE TO BE MOURNING A LOSS OF THIS CHILD!!!!!!!!!

Any woman should never put up with an abusive man. This seems to be a huge problem. I think anyone being abused should step up and have something done about it. Love can always be found so why suffer this way and at most let your precious kids go through it. I think this could have been prevented if the mother would have did the right thing and reported him to police.

Completely agree with your comments. My heart breaks for that little girl. I myself had a father like that (who sadly I have no choice but to think of as a certain body part of Satan, not only for his abuse of me but of other people as well). One may physically survive but with what kind of a life with "parents" like that? Has always been a puzzle to me what possesses people like that to create children. But then it's not really that big a mystery. The bullying male is aware of how much SERVICE and submission can be squeezed from a prospective wife and he knows enough to choose a mate that has plenty of such qualities. Such women have the basic psychology I call "brainwashed". My mother took 16 years of mind numbing abuse of herself and her children but was I shocked to find out eventually that she never would have walked out on that marriage. Later it dawned on me that that psychology had been the reason she was chosen in the first place. On the whole we seem to be a lot less civilized than were the chimpanzees we evolved from.