Anyone who defends this kind of abuse is morally bankrupt. I personally will never forgive the elders who subjected me to it.

What's more, science is starting to show just how detrimental is this kind of trauma over the longer term. I've written a bit about it if anyone cares to have a look.

https://medium.com/happily-faithless/cursed-unto-the-third-and-fourth-generation-98816b9acd41