People… :(

[ManwX]

I don't know.

You really just speak your mind. I respect that lol

 

[RobBanks]

I'm gonna be completely honest here, reading about anyone on SCRIBBLEHUB, of all platforms, call somebody else 'overly sensitive' is something I'll never be able to unironically live down.

On a more sensitive (Hah, get it?) note, it kind of disturbs me how quickly people everywhere will see actual abuse as a joke or 'rite of passage' or 'proof of discipline' and laugh at actual victims, and then immediately do a 180 and whine and complain like little wusses about absolutely risible issues in their own life ("Boo-hoo, they ruined my favorite franchise!1!11!!"), while everyone gathers around them to soothe them like they can't fend for themselves.

God, I need a coffee.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

You really just speak your mind. I respect that lol

Why won't you speak your mind?

 

[Prince_Azmiran_Myrian]

It is possible to love God and be a monster, or to disbelieve in God and be a good person.

Those who love God follow his commandments. It is impossible to love God and be a monster.
There is no such thing as a good person, for all have sinned by breaking the commandments of God.
If God's love abides in us, then we will love others and not hate.
The reason for all pain and suffering is sin, but God's love covers a multitude of sins.

 

[georgelee5786]

This is an example of a culture without the love of God in it. You're not too sensitive. You are simply recognizing the lack of love in the world.

What the dragon-lover said

 

[RepresentingCaution]

There is a certain cultural aspect to it, but science has shown us that physical abuse is never good for brain development. It's best to talk to children about what they did wrong and help them understand why they they shouldn't do it again. Here's a bit more about the science of parenting:

https://www.parentingforbrain.com/4-baumrind-parenting-styles/

 

[Macha]

“They made it look like a competition.”

Is this just a cultural thing or am I overly sensitive?

Vietnamese culture aren't like that. South East Asian in general are not that competitive compared to Korean/West Japanese. But then many people tried to emulate that culture because they only see its good side. Especially young people these days.

 

[Nekroz]

You are not overly sensitive. What happened isn't right and never will be. You just recognized that.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Just heard a story from my Vietnamese friend today.
Apparently, a mother beat her daughter which caused her to commit suicide.

My friend translated a bunch of comments for me. After reading them, I couldn’t feel more disgusted.

The comments said they were beaten by their parents when they were young too but they didn’t commit suicide.

I couldn’t feel more horrible seeing those replies in the comment section of the post. I think my friend said it better than me. “They made it look like a competition.”

Is this for real?

Would they go to see someone died from a cold and showed off that they passed through covid without vaccine like some kind of flex too?
I mean discipline is needed when teaching your kids, but if your discipline caused your kid to commit suicide then something is not right with the way the parent educated her children. Your children don’t just suddenly kill themselves from a slap or a punch or a spanking. You need to do something very wrong or do something wrong in a prolonged period to accumulate and result in that consequence. Whatever the case, I think it’s not the occasion to make those aforementioned comment.

Is this just a cultural thing or am I overly sensitive?

First, as a Southeast Asian (Philippines), a parent spanking their child is pretty common here, which is part of our 'discipline' culture. I used the word 'spanking', because I think it's different from 'beating', which is another form of discipline. However, for the latter, it is excessive. I've worked with students who will come to my class with bruises, and would brush it off as 'discipline'. While I did tell them it is tantamount to 'abuse', I'm not the parent of the child, and our protocols dictate that I shouldn't care for them unless it is about work, which is educating them.

I myself am a disciplinarian. However, I explain to my nephews why I spank them. At most, I will spank them two times (and in their asses, so it won't hurt much), and that's it; enough for the child to know that they are in the wrong. And even so, I already exhausted all means to correct them without 'pain'.

You discipline to correct, not prod people to commit suicide. I think that case is excessive on the mother's part.

 

[AnonUnlimited]

What the dragon-lover said

NTR Dragon.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Vietnamese culture aren't like that. South East Asian in general are not that competitive compared to Korean/West Japanese. But then many people tried to emulate that culture because they only see its good side. Especially young people these days.

Here in Southeast Asia, if we're not after each other's throats, we're fighting our neighbor countries.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Here in Southeast Asia, if we're not after each other's throats, we're fighting our neighbor countries.

So Philippines are Russia of Southeast Asia, while Russia is Philippines of eastern Europe? Got it.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

So Philippines are Russia of Southeast Asia, while Russia is Philippines of eastern Europe? Got it.

Tovarisch! ????

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Tovarisch! ????

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Let me just steal this...Filipinos love pirated things anyway. (It's cheap!)

Oops! Sorry for 'hacking' the thread. >.<

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Oops! Sorry for 'hacking' the thread. >.<

We did a good job, we saved the thread from getting... you know what. Don't say the word or it will appear.

 

[OokamiOkuri]

Vietnamese culture aren't like that. South East Asian in general are not that competitive compared to Korean/West Japanese. But then many people tried to emulate that culture because they only see its good side. Especially young people these days.

The Nguyen has spoken!

 

[Gryphon]

Those who love God follow his commandments. It is impossible to love God and be a monster.

History says otherwise. Remember the Spanish Inquisition where they would kill anyone they saw as a heretic(or in actual terms anyone who disagreed with the church), and the fact that crusades were ever a thing pretty much just proves that loving a god a bit too much will cause people to turn into monsters.

 

[AnonUnlimited]

History says otherwise. Remember the Spanish Inquisition where they would kill anyone they saw as a heretic(or in actual terms anyone who disagreed with the church), and the fact that crusades were ever a thing pretty much just proves that loving a god a bit too much will cause people to turn into monsters.

I don't think it's 'god' that has much to do with it because if you look at Nazi Germany it was the same thing. The biggest issue is centralized power, the 'church' in the past was a huge centralized power that demanded others follow them and their rule. If you've been in communist china or heard from their survivors from the cultural revolution (North Korea too) they were made to worship their chairman as a god.

While I agree with you that it's not the case of "a need to follow a god to be decent" I don't think it's a 'love of god' that causes the corruption when atheist/agnostic regimes have done many of the same atrocities.

It's generally always a great need in every era to have critical thinkers who question whoever is in power.

 

[Gryphon]

I don't think it's 'god' that has much to do with it because if you look at Nazi Germany it was the same thing. The biggest issue is centralized power, the 'church' in the past was a huge centralized power that demanded others follow them and their rule. If you've been in communist china or heard from their survivors from the cultural revolution (North Korea too) they were made to worship their chairman as a god.

While I agree with you that it's not the case of "a need to follow a god to be decent" I don't think it's a 'love of god' that causes the corruption when atheist/agnostic regimes have done many of the same atrocities.

It's generally always a great need in every era to have critical thinkers who question whoever is in power.

True which is my point. Anyone can be a monster, whether they be a Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Atheist, or whatever. And at the same time, anyone can be a good person.

What makes someone good or bad isn't their beliefs. It's their actions, and belief can either enhance or repel someone's ability to make certain decisions. As that one dude said, you can love god and be a monster or you can not care about god and be a good person. Vice versa is also true.