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    Sticks and stones may break my bones but names may never hurt me.

    +3  Views: 1533 Answers: 20 Posted: 12 years ago
    mycatsmom

    Names do hurt, and it lasts a long time.

    20 Answers

    It's:  Word Will Never Hurt Me.......

    Ducky

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    I've always heard..."Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me."

    (And I don't believe it.)
    jhharlan

    I'm with you, dang it all......
    mycatsmom

    jh, My mom used to say names, when I told her my bro was calling me names. 'course, she always let him get away with anything. So did my dad.
    jhharlan

    Come to think of it, that's how my sister would sing it to me....The "B"..........

    Sticks and stones may break my bones,


    But whips and chains excite me.

    dowsa

    Bet they "Do!!
    mycatsmom

    PL, move to the middle east then.
    ROMOS

    @mycatsmom: Why move to the middle east?
    Plenty of that available where I am now.
    Lovely jubbly!!!
    lol
    lambshank

    had an old boyfriend like that! he didn't last long,also liked wearing frilly nickers, was in the army!
    PEOPLELOVER

    Would not have been in the Aussie Army, we did not allow "shirt lifters" in the case of men or "dud droppers" in the womens` services.

    Hey.......where did you get all that karma?

    doolittle

    great Q!!!
    daren1

    lol..
    FISH-O

    Really... good observation.
    wonderer

    last i saw, it was -15

    Grow up simple as that.!!

    PUNISHER9338

    not going to hurt me.

    "" Look what happened to me!

    CHAIN

    ....economiser...
    PUNISHER9338

    OK I GUESS
    mycatsmom

    We really didn't want to look at that.

    You mean I can start calling you names from now on?

    PUNISHER9338

    GO AHEAD ITS NOT GOING TO HURT ME.

    When in doubt, Silence is Golden.

    Obviously that little poem came from better times before 'Political Correctness', today names hurt people and they will sue you..   As far as the 'sticks and stones' that too has given way to AK-47's and IED's..

    mycatsmom

    insightful comment, Vin.

    The Great Swami says , You have a bright future

    PUNISHER9338

    THANK YOU ZORRO.

    Verbal abuse is destructive.

    Words can be as lethal as a bullet.

    Is this an invitation to call you names and see  if we can make you cry ??

    PUNISHER9338

    OK GO ON AHEAD AND TRY.
    lewboy

    Tell me when you have enough boxes of tissues.

     A rose is a rose by any other name.......Shakesphere

    mycatsmom

    It's the pot calling the kettle black

    Doolitle disagrees with this statement. Verbal abuse is essentially an assault on someone's soul.

    Bob/PKB

    Bob agrees with doolittle.
    lambshank

    so does the lamb

    Choose the names then!

      "I hope I never make him mad at me. The things he says hurt worse than getting punched."   
    Source:  a 5th grader talking about his best friend, 13 years ago. I've never forgotten it. Don't tell me words don't hurt. 


     

    "OH whats in a Name!! .You have the face of a "Monkey s "ANUS!!.

    PUNISHER9338

    not going to hurt me.
    dowsa

    Maybe breaking your "Bones Will ( my Wife is a bone crusher!!and I should "Know."Whats your Address?

    It will take some people a lifetime to find themselves after sustained verbal abuse.  The affect it has on a brain can ruin a life.

    Caddam said it all.  I've seen so many kids suffering for years due to words said to them.  Words I beleive might hurt more than sticks and stones.  Sticks and stones just make you want to hurt somebody.  Words hurt the spirit.

    A child's self esteem and life can be drastically altered by negative comments and statements made during their life, low self worth can effect their entire lives

    gloriafrmCal

    Grew up with it, trying to work through it but still can't get over it.


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