You are being terribly rude all of a sudden. for someone so new to FreeRepublic. to someone who has been here for much longer than yourself...I think tabor is within her rights in posting her opinion, as are you and as am I without someone accusing them of being in someone’s family or pockets. She didn’t suddenly appear here out of nowhere to troll for one particular person like we have heard is going on out there.
Gee, I’m sorry you feel that way! But I was not aware that the length of time you have been a member of Free Republic afforded you ‘special treatment’. Perhaps you could direct me to that ‘rule’. Thank you for any help you can provide!
Thanks, AC. What I’ve appreciated most about FR has been the respectful debate and willingness to listen to others. Even though there’ve been plenty of other threads that get heated and a bit nasty at time, overall this has always been one of the best and most balanced, and certainly most intelligent, websites I’ve ever come across.
Part of me has been puzzled at the outrage sometimes expressed against folks who may not see HKS as a murderer, sociopath, creep, etc. And you see this phenomenon on all the other websites, too. Probably most who haven’t hung Howard out to dry are good and decent people who would never want to live the way Anna and her friends did, nor approve of that lifestyle. I’m pretty sure most of these same people will be glad if it’s determined crimes have been committed and those responsible are punished. Of course, there have been some heated feelings regarding other parties in the ANS case, too. Perhaps one day this could serve as a chapter in a social psychology book, as well as a study in mass media :) Now I’m going to smoke my last cigarette(for good, I hope) and go to bed when I should be waking up!