These postings reminded me of a book I read a long time ago, that gave me a lot of insight into disturbing human behavior. It answered the question: "Why do adults allow evil things to happen to children? How can they just look the other way?"

Here is the name of the book, the author, and a brief description of the contents. Perhaps it might give others on this forum additional insight to the adults who let them down, who looked the other way.

People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983).

Dr. Peck utilizes the integration of the deepest insights of psychiatry and religion to probe the essence of human evil. People who are evil attack others rather than facing their own failures. Peck demonstrates the havoc these "People of the Lie" work in the lives of those around them. He presents, from cases encountered in his psychiatric practice, unforgettably vivid incidents of evil in everyday life. This book offers a strikingly original approach to the age-old problem of human evil.


Choices, it's all about choices.