[Darksheare]

Well..
Today marks 3 years to the day (at 10:15 AM this morning) that my life as a step-father ended in a one car accident.
To put it in a nutshell, I said that I understand the hurt from the loss of a child, and I find such horrific, but I'm disgusted at the Corrie family's vulture like capitalisation on the death of Rachel.
Having been a soldier, I'm PO'd about her defence of terror, but as a former parent I'm horrified by the death of a child.
Even a misguided and delusional child.

I cannot really put the thoughts in order, and honestly cannot make any sense of them.
So I'm afraid that what I said is disjointed and fractious.

[grannie9]

I understand.. Darks.. I still have her picture you know.. ;)

[Conservababe]

I am sorry of your loss.

[null and void]

oh

I'm so sorry.

[ValerieUSA]

I am very sorry for your loss, darks. To you it is personal and deep.
But we must recognize that to some people in this world, a loss like that doesn't touch them in the same way. Like the parents of suicide bombers who cry out holding pictures of their dead sons or daughters, vowing to send their other children off on a similar mission someday, too. Their hearts are so full of hate and lies that normal human emotions are not a part of them.
The "peace activist" ultra-liberal Corries may not be quite so far gone, but they are no longer in the realm of normal. They are willingly deceived like cultists and the truth is foreign to them. If their eyes ever open, they will see how foolish they were when raising their daughter.

As a parent, I realize that as my children grow and make their own decisions about their lives the world is not going to see each of them as a "child." In a way, as Grant grew up, I saw the demise of his childhood. His smooth chubby baby cheeks are hollowed out and whiskery now. Whatever happens to him now happens to a young man, not a child. He will always be my son, but he is no longer my child.