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This seems overly simplistic to me. Everyone has been hurt, and everyone inflicts hurt at times. It's part of the human condition. It's easy to say things like, "All bullies are really cowards," and "Everyone just wants to be friends, deep down," and "Those who have been hurt, hurt others," and to an extent these things are true. It's also true that there are some sick, bad people out there. Not all bullies are cowards. You stand up to some of them and you get dead. And you can't blame hurt on past hurt. Everybody gets hurt. You deal. It's life.
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Originally Posted by Soda120
I pitifully shake my head at humanity (including myself) sometimes.
I have a favorite quote from a favorite book: Damage, by Josephine Hart.
"Damaged people can be dangerous. They know they can survive"
Particularly in the context of relationships, I think once you leave somebody (especially a spouse), you've crossed the line once and you're bound to do it again. Unfortunately, the left person is also likely to do the same down the line, through no fault of his/her own. It’d be ideal to form a bond early and keep it. That’s why I believe in marrying young.
This seems overly simplistic to me. Everyone has been hurt, and everyone inflicts hurt at times. It's part of the human condition. It's easy to say things like, "All bullies are really cowards," and "Everyone just wants to be friends, deep down," and "Those who have been hurt, hurt others," and to an extent these things are true. It's also true that there are some sick, bad people out there. Not all bullies are cowards. You stand up to some of them and you get dead. And you can't blame hurt on past hurt. Everybody gets hurt. You deal. It's life.
I do too.
No simplicity intended; that's just a phrase I remember that seemed to sum things up that day.
Definitely, there are hundreds or more reasons why people hurt others. I don't even want to know why anymore. Anyway, that's just one reason I remember and it pretty much fit that day.
Life is a trip. The more I live it, sometimes the more it puzzles me.
This saying, "hurt people hurt" I think is a great cop- out for people who intentional hurt others for the thrill of it or for those who could just plain careless about others.Someone obviously made this saying up but I don`t believe it to be true.
If you're going to hurt anyone, it should be the person that hurt you.
Of course, I'm talking about the physical sense, since I cannot be emotionally hurt by anyone. I'd have to have feelings for them to be hurt...and I don't.
I always thought the ones that hurt others have some sort of mental illness and were probably abused or neglected as children. Or else they have a chemical imbalance in the brain which causes them to be terrible to be around thus they hurt others without necessarily intending to hurt someone.
Yes, I agree hurting people - hurt people. Have you ever heard Joyce Meyer?
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Anyway, that's just one reason I remember and it pretty much fit that day. 
