Guest guest Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 I've been following this case because it occurred just a few miles from where I grew up. Poor kids. http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=960 & sid=17134755 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 I applaud the girls for stepping forward when they found out their dad was going to start giving lessons to other kids. What courage it took to do that! and SICK of the so-called father to do that. The comments on the articles (why do I ever read comments? they always piss me off) are a mix of people saying, " How brave the girls are! " and of " Those girls need to be quiet, the family has been victimized enough already " Geez--what kind of sick person would see the so-called father as a " victim " ? On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Girlscout Cowboy < girlscout.cowboy@...> wrote: > ** > > > I've been following this case because it occurred just a few miles from > where I grew up. Poor kids. > > http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=960 & sid=17134755 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 These young women have shown such amazing courage in coming forward like they did, for the express purpose of protecting other children from being sexually molested and harmed by their father. To act in such a selfless manner, even though it meant disregarding ingrained cultural standards of family loyalty (and honoring the father in particular) and exposing their own trauma to the public as they did... well, that took superhuman courage in my opinion. Perhaps the fact that there are three of them and these sisters were able to be each other's validation, reality-check, and support is what helped them go through with reporting/outing their father's crimes. These young women should be honored, in my opinion; I consider them to be heros. And I'd be very interested to hear what the *hell* the mother was doing while her three little girls were being raped repeatedly *for years* by daddy; did the girls try to tell their mother at all? Was the mother deliberately blind and deaf to all this? -Annie > > I've been following this case because it occurred just a few miles from > where I grew up. Poor kids. > > http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=960 & sid=17134755 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 I didn't read the comments - I think it is especially hard for a performer to come out that way as well as someone from LDS culture where the family is forever. . . On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:31 AM, anuria67854 wrote: > ** > > > These young women have shown such amazing courage in coming forward like > they did, for the express purpose of protecting other children from being > sexually molested and harmed by their father. To act in such a selfless > manner, even though it meant disregarding ingrained cultural standards of > family loyalty (and honoring the father in particular) and exposing their > own trauma to the public as they did... well, that took superhuman courage > in my opinion. Perhaps the fact that there are three of them and these > sisters were able to be each other's validation, reality-check, and support > is what helped them go through with reporting/outing their father's crimes. > > These young women should be honored, in my opinion; I consider them to be > heros. > > And I'd be very interested to hear what the *hell* the mother was doing > while her three little girls were being raped repeatedly *for years* by > daddy; s fodid the girls try to tell their mother at all? Was the mother > deliberately blind and deaf to all this? > > -Annie > > > > > > I've been following this case because it occurred just a few miles from > > where I grew up. Poor kids. > > > > http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=960 & sid=17134755 > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 I did, and found it pretty cool that only 3 of the 15 comments were not particularly supportive of the girls. Only one poster referred to the girls as " alleged " victims, and was soundly trounced by another poster for that. The majority of the posters praised the girls for their courage and remarked on how the dad ought to have been given life without the possibility of parole, and that its important to turn a giant spotlight on such crimes and publicly denounce child predators/ rapists, particularly parents who prey on their own children. I found that very encouraging! I also found it very, very creepy that the two photos of the pedophile dad showed him looking very... neutral. Not upset, not angry, not ashamed... just nothing. Makes me speculate that he's got psychopathy. They don't respond to punishments; punishment does not phase them, they only operate on a " reward " system. And I still want to know what the " mother's " role was in all this. Was she his enabler? Was she even aware of what was going on? Did she suspect but was too cowardly to do anything about it? Did she encourage it, even? Who knows? -Annie > > > > > > I've been following this case because it occurred just a few miles from > > > where I grew up. Poor kids. > > > > > > http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=960 & sid=17134755 > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 They haven't said much about the mother - but he had that big car accident and drove off the road. Most folks it was a suicide attempt. And she was in the car with him at the time. Looks like a waif/enabler typa thing, but I don't have a lot of info on her. On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:04 PM, anuria67854 wrote: > ** > > > I did, and found it pretty cool that only 3 of the 15 comments were not > particularly supportive of the girls. Only one poster referred to the girls > as " alleged " victims, and was soundly trounced by another poster for that. > > The majority of the posters praised the girls for their courage and > remarked on how the dad ought to have been given life without the > possibility of parole, and that its important to turn a giant spotlight on > such crimes and publicly denounce child predators/ rapists, particularly > parents who prey on their own children. > > I found that very encouraging! > > I also found it very, very creepy that the two photos of the pedophile dad > showed him looking very... neutral. Not upset, not angry, not ashamed... > just nothing. Makes me speculate that he's got psychopathy. They don't > respond to punishments; punishment does not phase them, they only operate on > a " reward " system. > fo > And I still want to know what the " mother's " role was in all this. Was she > his enabler? > Was she even aware of what was going on? Did she suspect but was too > cowardly to do anything about it? Did she encourage it, even? Who knows? > > > -Annie > > > > > > > > > > I've been following this case because it occurred just a few miles > from > > > > where I grew up. Poor kids. > > > > > > > > http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=960 & sid=17134755 > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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