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Edit: Abuse Goes On All Around Us

Yes, the photo on A1 Sunday was objectionable. It was insensitive. Hopefully, it also was effective. To countless viewers and readers, footage and still photos of Ray Rice (shown in AP file photo) knocking out the woman who now is his wife made a distant, somewhat surreal topic sickeningly real and timely. Words can't adequately describe what happened in that elevator. The video, on the other hand, was devastating in its ability to immediately drive the point home. It was an uppercut to the lethargy afflicting many Americans who are ignorant or in denial about abuse. One of the tragedies in this ongoing, pathetic saga of man's inhumanity to man -- and particularly to woman -- is that it takes a celebrity beating to wake us up to a much larger harsh reality. The truth is, physical abuse goes on all around us/Coeur d'Alene Press Editorial Board. More here.

Question: Have you ever helped someone get out of an abusive relationship?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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