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On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:51:42 -0700 (PDT), childadvocate <smartnews at (no spam) aol.com>
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[quote:06e3d469bd]WHAT IS RITUAL ABUSE? (BROAD DEFINITION) Ritual abuse is the abuse
of a child, weaker adult, or animal in a ritual setting or manner. In
a broad sense, many of our overtly or covertly socially sanctioned
actions can be seen as ritual abuse, such as military basic training,
hazing, racism, spanking children, and partner-battering. Some abuse
is private...some public. Public ritual abuse may be either open or
secret. WHAT IS RITUAL ABUSE? (NARROW DEFINITION) The term ritual
abuse is generally used to mean prolonged, extreme, sadistic abuse,
especially of children, within a group setting. The group's ideology
is used to justify the abuse, and abuse is used to teach the group's
ideology. The activities are kept secret from society at large, as
they violate norms and laws.[14]
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Does that include the slaughter of animals as sacrifices?
Is it abuse if the slaughter is accompanied by a ritual, but not if there is
no ritual, but animals are slaughtered in a commercial establishment purely
for food, as in an abbatoir, slaughterhouse or shambles?
Would Halaal or Kosher inspection turn such slaughter into abuse?
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