Agreed. And two sad people with obvious issues don’t deserve to be made fun of. They seem like they are otherwise nice people, or at least have not done society much harm. No criminal records or such. No friends or neighbors claiming they shrink heads in the basement or other craziness. They faced some of life’s painful experiences, had limited support networks, and made some bad decisions compelled by base instinct unchecked by thought. I do not excuse their life choices, but I think they needed people’s help and came up dry.
I won’t go quite that far. Both are quite culpable for their actions. Both are adults. Both may be messed up, but they knew right from wrong. He is probably more with it than she is considering his age and the fact that he has been in prison and seen the worst repercussions that society has (he is world-wise). But, both are lost souls who are just acting like lost souls. I can have a certain amount of compassion due to human frailty, but ultimately, what they did was wrong.
Now Blackdog, think about what you are saying here....
This kind of train of thought could be used for any pedophile. Prior to the first pedophile experience, they might have no criminal background, be pretty nice, not be crazy, but just have had some of life’s painful experiences.
Sometimes you just gotta call a spade a spade. A lot of people have had horrible experiences growing up and have had lots of troubles but they usually don’t have sexual intercourse with their brother/sister/mother/father/daughter/son.
Did you read posts #91 and #92? According to the court record, this man was serving time in prison for armed robbery when this woman's mother divorced him.
As I tell my kids, people can come across as nice, just because they smile and look friendly, but actions speak louder than words. How nice was it for this woman to cheat on her husband - the father of her first two children - with her own father? How nice was it for this man to cheat on his wife - the mother of his other child - with his own daughter?
Blackdog, I don't like when people rush to judgment, either, but in this case, we have enough information to make a judgment. Yes, people make mistakes, and sometimes they make the most nightmarish mistakes imaginable. I'm not a perfect person myself. No one is. The point is, we repent.
This father and daughter didn't have a father-daughter relationship, and that's probably why she related to him as a man who was not her father. But then, not only did they both cheat on their spouses and actually sleep with each other, they continue to sleep together and see nothing wrong with it. They don't repent at all.