On 12/3/2011 7:27 PM, Steve B wrote:
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On 2011-12-03, wrote:

I'm sure the city is NOT amused to have their inspectors sent out on
false
complaints whose sole intent is to harass the target.

They are probably more than happy to go out on citizen complaints false
or not. The only reason they wouldn't be is if it caused them to miss
out on some revenue... which is doubtful.

Government historically encourages people to turn in their neighbors and
family members, the USA is no exception these days.

It is going to get worse. The Brown Shirts are coming back. Rat on your
neighbor. Rat on your parents.

A good friend of mine has a 16 year old daughter. She is typical. Can't
understand why mom and dad have reservations about things like tattoos, body
piercings, going to raves, staying out until 3 AM, etc.

Might be common, but not typical.

Girl gets class at school that teaches her about domestic violence. Plus
all this other ammunition of what legally constitutes domestic violence.
She was told that if someone blocks her exit from a room, that is reason to
call 911. Armed with all this ammunition, she's ready to go home and show
Mom and Dad who's REALLY in command.

Daughter is being a putz one night, and dad puts his foot down. Daughter
wants to retreat to bedroom before hearing all of what Dad has to say. Dad
blocks way. Girl eventually gets to room, and calls 911.

Cops come. Parents, local very successful established businesspersons, are
taken away in handcuffs. Children are taken into protective custody by
officers whose duty is to protect and serve. Daughter and son spend six
months in foster care. Family is finally reunited after six months.

It is truly hard to believe that a child was removed only for that
reason. Lots of upstanding, successful people beat and molest their
kids...read the news! Very sad, whatever the case.

Mom and Dad cannot have future children because of medical reasons. Were
planning to adopt, but with domestic violence record, are permanently
forbidden to even apply.

Daughter comes to Mom, and says that if she really understood what the
consequences were, that she would have never called 911.

But, sorry, that wasn't included in DV101 at school.

The Brown Shirts are back.

Steve



I've seen plenty of d.v. close up; most often there is booze/drugs
involved. Worked in drug rehab for a while and heard accounts of abuse
that are hard to imagine...easier for women to counsel for it than for
men, it seems. Hard for men to acknowledge being a victim, so it goes
into storage.

Teaching about d.v. in high school has my vote - a lot of students are
already in abusive relationships and a good number will be parents shortly.