gI think your last sentence nails it. It's a no brainer that if someone hits you (as in punishment), you'll respect them, but you'll hardly love them. When parents do the hitting or terrorizing, what is a child supposed to feel? One answer is, anxiety because parents are, as Paul pointed out, a child's lifeline. All of that has to go under the surface or the child will go nuts. Plus the child thinks there's something wrong with him or else why would they be hitting him? Loving those who are hitting us might be called what? Obligation? Certainly not love. Either that, or love equates to duck and cover. Love and getting beat up or terrorized just do not mix. I've concluded that people who favor terrorizing humans in training deserve to be terrorized. They like terror, let them have terror. Hitting adults is bad. Hitting adults in training is good. This is so warped. Please note that going as far away as possible is not necessarily geographic. We can stay where we are and go away through anxiety, depression, etc. None of those feelings result in closeness to another person. I know absolutely nobody will agree but what else is there to expect from these here New Middle Ages?
You know what is terrible?
and on and on and on.
Just because we CAN do things, doesn't mean we should.
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