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	<title>Comments on: Million Voices Campaign</title>
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		<title>By: Lillie</title>
		<link>http://lillieammann.com/2009/10/16/million-voices-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-42186</link>
		<dc:creator>Lillie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Amanda,

Ideally, abusers would come to understand what they are doing is wrong. However, I suspect many of them know it&#039;s wrong—they just do it anyway. Like any crime, when you can, change the person&#039;s heart. When you can&#039;t, protect others from the evil. Bank robbers, rapists, murderers, thieves ... all know what they are doing is wrong, but they choose to do it anyway. They have to be locked up to keep other people safe from them. Alcoholics and drug addicts usually know what they are doing is wrong, but the compulsion is stronger than their will. They either have to get treatment or be locked up to protect other people.

As a Christian, I believe redemption is possible for anyone. However, we all have free will, and if sinners (all of us) don&#039;t repent and accept redemption, God doesn&#039;t force it on us. Our priest says repentance means admit it, quit it, and forget it. If someone chooses to continue in their bad behavior (whether it&#039;s domestic violence or something else), other people need to be protected from them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amanda,</p>
<p>Ideally, abusers would come to understand what they are doing is wrong. However, I suspect many of them know it&#8217;s wrong—they just do it anyway. Like any crime, when you can, change the person&#8217;s heart. When you can&#8217;t, protect others from the evil. Bank robbers, rapists, murderers, thieves &#8230; all know what they are doing is wrong, but they choose to do it anyway. They have to be locked up to keep other people safe from them. Alcoholics and drug addicts usually know what they are doing is wrong, but the compulsion is stronger than their will. They either have to get treatment or be locked up to protect other people.</p>
<p>As a Christian, I believe redemption is possible for anyone. However, we all have free will, and if sinners (all of us) don&#8217;t repent and accept redemption, God doesn&#8217;t force it on us. Our priest says repentance means admit it, quit it, and forget it. If someone chooses to continue in their bad behavior (whether it&#8217;s domestic violence or something else), other people need to be protected from them.</p>
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		<title>By: Amanda Armstrong</title>
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		<dc:creator>Amanda Armstrong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can only think 1 thing, is violence can be stopped only when each one feels from inside that what its doing is a violence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can only think 1 thing, is violence can be stopped only when each one feels from inside that what its doing is a violence.</p>
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		<title>By: Lillie</title>
		<link>http://lillieammann.com/2009/10/16/million-voices-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-42040</link>
		<dc:creator>Lillie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ally,

You&#039;re right. We don&#039;t need any experience to help solve the problem.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ally,</p>
<p>You&#8217;re right. We don&#8217;t need any experience to help solve the problem.</p>
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		<title>By: ally@8mm projector</title>
		<link>http://lillieammann.com/2009/10/16/million-voices-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-42030</link>
		<dc:creator>ally@8mm projector</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s not about having personal or professional experience with domestic violence. It&#039;s about taking steps into right direction. I&#039;m sure a lot of people will join Million Voices Campaign.


8mm Projector
.-= ally@8mm projector´s last undefined ..&lt;a href=&quot;0&quot;&gt;If you register your site for free at &lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s not about having personal or professional experience with domestic violence. It&#8217;s about taking steps into right direction. I&#8217;m sure a lot of people will join Million Voices Campaign.</p>
<p>8mm Projector<br />
.-= ally@8mm projector´s last undefined ..<a href="0">If you register your site for free at </a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Lillie</title>
		<link>http://lillieammann.com/2009/10/16/million-voices-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-42005</link>
		<dc:creator>Lillie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you, Matt. Yes, it&#039;s sad that we have to address this issue, but it is a serious problem.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you, Matt. Yes, it&#8217;s sad that we have to address this issue, but it is a serious problem.</p>
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