TYPES OF ABUSE

43. HISTORY BASED ABUSE


The abuse being referred to here is that relating to ongoing harassment and abuse because of historical events that have occurred. The two major aspects of this are the pursuit of war crimes against men and women who, reportedly, committed offences against people during conflict, and the ongoing continuation of abuse that historically occurred that may be of a racial or other origin.

WAR CRIME: This category has become the ongoing method of abuse by groups of people against individuals (usually) who may have committed a criminal act against a person or persons during a time of conflict. While the action that is being muted is not approved, the relentless pursuit if this form of abuse by individuals and groups upon individuals who may have committed these acts is, in fact, worse than the original crime itself. Whilst the bringing of leaders to justice for such crimes may be justified, the pursuit of individuals who, at the time, were under orders, can only be described as abuse because, in most cases, these people would have had no real choice in the matter and, depending upon the individual circumstances, may have actually felt that they were doing the right thing because of disinformation they were told. Acts that occurred over 60 years ago cannot be genuinely pursued as who, in all honesty, would truthfully remember all of the details.

ONGOING HISTORICAL: This is the continuation of abuse that occurred historically through some event (no matter what the origin) that is kept alive through hatred, lies and disinformation. While much of this abuse can be racially motivated, that is certainly not the only root derivative of the ongoing abuse.