Victimization

Breaking The Silence: My Abuses Under Argentina's Junta Militar

Alex Warden | Posted 05.06.2012

Alex Warden

Unfortunately, my story is not unique. Many who have lived under dictatorial regimes know this sort of fear, the dread of a police force used as a tool of intimidation, rather than as a means of protection.

How To Transform From Victim To Creator

Isha Judd | Posted 11.17.2011

Isha Judd

Ultimately there are two attitudes we can take in life: the attitude of a victim, or of a creator. A creator praises their creation; a victim criticizes. A creator lives in appreciation; a victim in complaint, not taking responsibility.

Turned Against Our Natures: When Good People Do Bad Things

Judith Acosta | Posted 11.17.2011

Judith Acosta

Does it matter that a person was seduced into evil? Does it excuse them? How far back do we take the issue of victimization as a defense for our own behavior?

Do You Have 'Victim Mentality'? What To Do About It

Morty Lefkoe | Posted 11.17.2011

Morty Lefkoe

If you have a victim mentality -- in other words, if you feel powerless to affect your circumstances -- you are likely to feel that the world is "doing it" to you and that there is nothing you can do about it.

"Democratic Discourse": Reflections in the Pakistani Mirror

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Josh Mull

I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The view...

"What Bernie Madoff, Victimization, and Elie Wiesel Have to Teach Us"

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Cara Barker

"....in those times, it was human to be inhuman. And now the world has learned, I hope.... There must come a moment -- a moment of bringing people to...

How to Fix the Economic Meltdown and Stop Terrorism: Legalize Heroin and Whores

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

David Henry Sterry

The bottom line, economically, is that there is a big beautiful sexy cash cow to be milked here.