The author is out to lunch. That statement is far from something "Americans can agree on."
hulloooo??? i guess this guy doesn't believe in equal rights...his wife was into that crap. it's a whole culture. .while i don't get any of that child beauty queen stuff, i think it is totally weird the way people have gone nuts over this all again.
even if this guy is proven to be the murderer, they still will believe the parents did it. weird. like some psychosis goes along with this murder and the way people have made their minds and it will shake their world view if they find out someone else actually did it.
He's also out to lunch if he thinks that the Americans who were creeped out by Come-Hither JonBenet wouldn't also be creeped out by a 12-year-old in a strip joint.
It's not a "double srandard in America." It's two different standards representing two different communities: the responsible adults, and the irresponsible adults.
I don't know - any "parent" who feels the need to parade their young daughter around with heavy, painted-on make-up, trying to make her look adult, and dressing here in Daisy-Dukes sounds pretty sick to me.
As a father of a young girl, I wouldn't even begin to think about having my little girl dressed the way John allowed his child to be dressed.
And no - I am not blaming him in any way for his daughter's death. But I do believe he was exercising very poor judgment.