    >It is very difficult for a young person to develop and build
    >a positive view of themself when they are constantly being
    >told implicitly and explicitly that they are wrong and
    >immoral.

Yes, that is most certainly true. However, the paragrapgh reflects a value-less
position and infers that what is more important than anything else is to
have "a positive view" of one's self.

This of course, is foolish.

Should a mass murderer, a pedophile, a 10-year old pyromaniac have a "positive
view" of themselves?

Of course not.

A person that engages in behaviour that a large number of people condemn,
and IF you believe in the concept of "society", then your only choice is
to expect that person to have a negative view of themselves.


-- 
There are actually people that STILL believe Love Canal was some kind of
environmental disaster. Weird, eh?