Because an ad hominem attack is totally as disturbing as being unble to control thoughts about hitting your kid.
He suggested that when kids are not your own you feel differently toward them..which is perhaps true in some sense, but not true in the depth of love one might feel.
He's since clarified what he meant, and while I think it was flimsy, I understand his point well enough to drop that particular issue.
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Date: 2008-10-01 05:40 am (UTC)He suggested that when kids are not your own you feel differently toward them..which is perhaps true in some sense, but not true in the depth of love one might feel.
He's since clarified what he meant, and while I think it was flimsy, I understand his point well enough to drop that particular issue.