Punch on: Open thread 29/10/10

MD says:

08:42am | 29/10/10

unless there are no children in the relationship absolutely…...of course you could go with the theory that whoever is getting hit is also the victim be it man or woman who is on the receiving end.

TheRealDave says:

09:32am | 29/10/10

@Eric - is that another study done by the University of the Glaringly Obvious?

What did it cost the taxpayer for that one?

Eric says:

10:38am | 29/10/10

Actually, RealDave, it’s an article on a blog - so it didn’t cost the taxpayer a cent. Though it does make some very salient points about the real causes of domestic violence and the failure of current programs to address the issues.

Oh well, you can post a link but you can’t make the reader click.

hot tub political machine says:

01:06pm | 29/10/10

Children are always going to be a victim when one parent is violent with the other. They are certainly still the most vulnerable person in the picture.

Additionally study show that quite a few (though of course not all) will adopt the model of one of the parents later in life. They have a good chance of becoming either a DV perpetrator or a DV victim as a result ot witnessing this as a child.

acotrel says:

08:54am | 29/10/10

Tarzan, I completely agree.  I also watched ‘Foreign Correspondent’ and I believe the Chinese are the ultimate GRUB employers! The ‘level playing field’ is not level.  Australian industries compete with inferior Chinese wages and conditions because our importers indirectly live off the exploitation of workers overseas.

TheRealDave says:

09:34am | 29/10/10

Capitalism at its finest without the protection of organised Unions.

Isn’t it grand?

Best of all, not only are Chinese workers being exploited, poisoned etc we sacked a whole bunch of Aussie/Western workers to do it!

But at least we get cheaper electronics and big arsed Plasma TV’s out of it…if you still have a job of course….

Reg says:

07:10pm | 29/10/10

Perhaps the Chinese need testing to see if they have the real liberal gene, rather than the faux liberal one we’re saddled with.

“Liberal gene discovered.”  http://scienceblog.com/39665/researchers-find-a-liberal-gene/

fairsfair says:

03:46pm | 29/10/10

Congrats Amy! That is such good news. Nicole’ll be stoked