Grandparents Put Baby in Oven to Teach Dad a Lesson (no babies were harmed)

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

132. I get what you're saying. Two things, though. I'm not going to call it Stockholm syndrome exactly,

but there is something similar in that in families that use a lot of teasing--most family members are going to adapt it, whether or not they like it.

Some who grow up in this sort of atmosphere may just never have a problem with it. Others come to accept it, though they would much prefer one in which teasing wasn't so prevalent. Yet, they have no power to change it. They grow up and maybe perpetuate it in their own families.

Others don't like it and never learn to like it. They never adapt to it. They are forced to accept this treatment that makes them feel awful. They get ridiculed as a sissy or whatever is the equivalent female pejorative.

We each have our own level of tolerance. Something I might consider mild teasing, someone else might find mocking or even abusive. We don't get to decide that for others. Especially not for children, which is where the cycle can start.

We each have our own sense of humor. I am positive that some of the jokes my husband and I make when we are alone would be wildly offensive to some others. So, I have not, in this thread made any comment accusing anyone who finds this photo amusing of being sick, or creepy, or whatever. I have said I find this photo creepy.That's different.But I have been attacked, told I don't have a sense of humor because I expressed the fact that the photo does not amuse me, personally. Now that I find offensive.

If whoever posted it didn't want feedback, and they obviously knew there would be some negative feedback, why'd they post it? I understand the idea of overreaction. I think most people would even agree on roughly where that line is. But, looking at the responses here, I think this photo crosses that line. Doesn't make those who laugh at it evil, but it certainly doesn't make those who don't "pearl clutchers."