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Originally Posted by Vibrating Obsidian
Another point of mine - if someone is abused in school or feels neglected in school, why should the hurt literally pay the price? Why does the focus has to be on the hurt and not on those who hurt or EVEN make them feel hurt?
If those who are hurt are the only ones who need to take responsibility for themselves by literally paying the price, why are those who hurt or don't care roam about, freely doing so with no penalty?
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I couldn't agree more.
It has been bothering me for awhile that somebody who is messed up from being abused in such a way that they struggle to take care of themselves or function in society has to endure even more hardship in the form of getting treatment and paying their medical bills from seeing a psychiatrist or therapist along with any medicines that they have to take.
An abuse victim is basically paying time, money, and emotional energy for a crime that they didn't commit. That would be like finding some random homeless person on the street, beating them up for no reason, and then having them go to jail for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Even if an abuser gets sent to prison, it does little about the actual problem at hand. I'm all about being practical and what is actually practical is forcing the abuser to make amends to their victim, which includes actually helping contribute towards their healing in the form of helping them pay for their medical and living expenses so the victim doesn't have to worry about surviving and can instead, focus on healing.
I might just make that thread after all. If only there were more hours in the day.