When I hear about horrible experiences with anal I always want to ask a few questions. The first being did he/she/they even know what the fuck they were doing ? As someone else stated horrible things happen with every sex act why does everyone focus on the horrible things that happen during this one?

Anal is like every other sex act, if you know what you're doing and you're prepared for it, it can be a very pleasurable thing. If you're a novice and you have no clue, and you don't have the right stuff (lube) then it's going to suck.