It's not logical -- and none of it pretend it is. All I can say is that when one grows up having been physically, emotionally, verbally, and spiritually harass

It's not logical -- and none of it pretend it is. All I can say is that when one grows up having been physically, emotionally, verbally, and spiritually harassed for a greater part of one's life, these little things end up bringing up the whole ball of shit. It short circuits logic, but it's a common human trait. Some Jewish people still won't buy Volkswagon cars, for example, and I remember hearing WWII Veterans who wouldn't buy anything from Japan. Pain has a long, long memory.