Nicole Symmonds: February 2009 Archives

In a world where promise rings and promiscuity can go hand in hand, it's often hard for young people to draw the line and set themselves apart from their peers who "don't see nothing wrong with a little bump and grind." Or those who don't see anything wrong with a little self-love. But for those who are tired of business as usual the Passion 4 Christ Movement exists. Comprised of youth and young adults from all walks of life, the P4CM seeks to spread the redemptive message of Christ by any means necessary. Their latest tactic, the Ex-series t-shirts, which takes a stronghold, slaps it on a shirt and hopes that a brave young soul will wear it around town. In particular the blogosphere has been abuzz about the "Ex-Masturbator" shirt.

As more information gets released about the alleged domestic violence situation between Chris Brown and Rihanna, we will be in the position to do one of two things, continue to gawk and be fascinated with it, sharing every detail we get from other news sources with friends and laughing about how the situation must of went down, or we can pray.

Now I can describe the former because that is what I've been doing since news broke on the red carpets at the Grammys. My sick and twisted side latched on to every bit of info that I was given via blogs and the news. I even went as far as being one of the aggregators of the herpes rumor and yes, I thought it was funny. I am saddened that my first impulse was not to drop to my knees and pray for Rihanna's well being and for Chris's redemption. Aside from being totally appalled with this situation, I've been wondering, "Why did he do it?" And unfortunately the answer could stem from the fact that Brown may have inherited a generational curse of abuse. According to an interview that appeared in the August 2007 issue of Giant magazine, Brown said that his mother was abused by his stepfather.

"He used to hit my mom. He made me terrified all the time, terrified like I had to pee on myself. I remember one night he made her nose bleed. I was crying and thinking, 'I'm just gonna go crazy on him one day...' I hate him to this day.