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The cheap motels on San Diego's Midway Drive, the vending machines
First, I live with the belief that every heroin addict is a heroin addict because they have been sexually victimized at some time during their development. My experience has been, in life, that if I talk to any man or women long enough they will report that, yes, they experienced sexual molestation at some time in their life done to them by some person in their life. Maybe only one out of every four females is a victim of incest; but I repeat, that I have not come across an adult I've talked to yet who cannot identify some time that they were inappropriately sexualized by an older child or an adult. If there are those who can honestly respond to this comment I'm posting to say that they are someone who has lived without encountering this type of sexual abuse I will be happier tomorrow knowing you are out there. If you are a heroin addict who is someone who never experienced sexual assault; then this I will be extremely surprised to hear. But I am at a very early place in my learning and I don't have statistics to back up my generalizations. My belief is/was that David's mom put her sons through the things she did because of victimization she experienced. I owe her ten bucks for disrespecting her father. My bet was that there are things David should consider that robbed his mom of her ability to be a mom. Like the things that hurt my mom. In my case it was my pedophile grandfather... not Davids' case. Mine.— September 29, 2010 10:30 p.m.
The cheap motels on San Diego's Midway Drive, the vending machines
@ offended by writercorinna Thanks to those of you who did not appreciate the comment I made. In light of how offensive my comment was found to be, I believe those who have complained have shown a lot of restraint which I appreciate. I want to sincerely apologize to David's mother who has read David's story and also the comments. When I made public my self-projections I did not consider that you were close by to share in this discussion about you as if you weren't "in the room" to hear. I assumed you were gone - like my mom who has passed away - because I assumed that such raw family reflection is usually saved until a day when the loved-one we worry about so much is removed from our lives. I see now that the case is that David has written a story about how is mom has hurt him; and I can only expect that this would be a source of pain for any mom alive and around to read. For my comment to add insult to injury by putting mom's father in a bad light... is not something I am okay with doing. In addition to saying I am sorry for unintentionally being a jackass... please let me to quickly explain the projecting that is behind my speculation that mom put her kids through this because of some kind of childhood victimization.— September 29, 2010 10:29 p.m.
The cheap motels on San Diego's Midway Drive, the vending machines
David, have you considered the field Forensic Psychology?— September 17, 2010 1:48 p.m.
The cheap motels on San Diego's Midway Drive, the vending machines
Ten bucks says that this tragedy began with the man who sexually assaulted David's mom when she was a child. From the extent of her addiction... I'm willing to bet David's mom was raped by her father.— September 17, 2010 1:43 p.m.
White Girl
This doesn't ring true to me. I am a white girl born and raised in San Diego and everyone treats everyone the same way on the trolley. I've been here a lot longer than three years, now that I'm going on my fourth decade of life, and I think you do a poor job of supporting your claim that the only white people who ride public transportation are homeless. Get off your high horse and quit making San Diego look bad or else provide more concrete examples of how people ARE being helped just because they are NOT white. (oh and if you want to sit next to someone who has stuff on the seat, most of us in San Diego know to simply ask, "May I sit here please." It has been my experience that regardless of the skin color of the person making the request, it has never been the case that anyone has refuse to yield a seat to a passenger. The next time you need help, ask for it. We don't beat around the bush too much in this town and we smirk at people who try to communicate by casting some look while declining to verbalize).— March 30, 2010 2:42 a.m.