As an Anthropologist and experts in USA internal cultural affairs I was shocked with such high level of abuse and mistreatment of children in America.
Just look at that, unbelievable what they do to their own children:

“Children are suffering from hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect. While
3 million reports of child abuse are made every year in the United states, experts estimate that actual number of incidents of abuse and neglect is 3 times greater than reported”. [quote]


National Child Abuse Statistics - Childhelp

That figure likely disregards severe emotional abuse. Emotional abuse, in my opinion is just as serious. I have seen both first hand and second hand the consequence of emotional abuse and the mental consequences are much the same as the consequence of physical abuse.

Yes Inca, all the bad in the world happens in America. Us poor poor unfortunate Americans.

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Is that International Politics? No...

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Why, it's so bad in America that people will take their children and try to escape on anything that might float, braving severe conditions to float to freedom.....

Matt

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so your specialty I take it, is social anthropology vis a vis physical anthro? Interesting and cool......where did you study?

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Does that 9 million figure consider good old fashioned "asswhippings" to be abuse? By todays standards, my parents were "abusers" of their children, which is total bullshit.

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Dear Lostinacause

Unfortunately, I have to say, you are absolutely right.
Actually It is even much worse than this report says.
For example this report does not cover massive cases where parents in America forcefully, in their primitivism, ignorance and lazy attitude, make their children to eat unhealthy Mc Donald’s and other junk food, watch stupid Hollywood crap and become addicted overweight diabetics from their early age.
As an anthropologist, I watched myself a hart braking scene when about 10 yo girl was crying, in front of
Mc Donald’s restaurant, and telling her extremely overweight mother:

“ Please momi don’t force me, I don’t want to eat this food, I don’t want to be fat as you are, I don’t want to die so young”.

I felt so sorry and said myself: “ It’s too late, poor girl does not know that she has already been genetically modified”.

What is difference between "teaching” (actually forcing) your child to smoke and eat Mc Donald’s junk.
Not mentioning watching empty Hollywood crap or CIA sponsored CNN war propaganda where they constantly teach children, from early age, how to underestimate and hate other peoples in the world.
As a result of this majority of Big Mac Disneyland ( USA ) citizens are becoming overweight, unhealthy and aggressive individuals who hate themselves and the rest of the world.
To satisfy their unhealthy desires and gun mentality predatory greed, like in ancient Rome, they want more and more Big, Big Macs and bloody war games.

I can only wonder what propaganda outelt is feeding you. McDonalds pales in comparison.

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so your specialty I take it, is social anthropology vis a vis physical anthro? Interesting and cool......where did you study?

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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile....

What amaze me with Americans is their uncontrollable “winners” attitude.
Even when they loose on all fronts, wars, economy, health, education etc, they stubbornly remain arrogant and aggressive. Instead to take friendly advices, wake up and see the reality around them, they just continue their suicidal Disneyland march.

Sounds like you are making up stories again, Laca.

Shame on you.

Do we need to revisit your fairy tale about the person you claimed to have met whose brother was killed in Iraq (when in fact no such person was listed on the casualty records)?

Or are you ready to stop making stuff up and pretending you've seen it?

Matt

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well? I am interested in where you studied or received your degree...

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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile....

well said............

Masters degree in Anthropology – specialised in Anglo-Saxon cultures – Shanghai university.
Presently doing PHD theses – Studding tour in USA financed by Shanghai university.
Happy?