Martha Toogood Is Sick Now

Various | Sep. 25, 2002 | Self

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

Since the Martha Toogood's story is being dissected into the most minute details, here's one aspect not yet discussed:

- Martha gets a spanking from her mommy (some call it a savage beating). Whatever that was, it turns out that not one doctor, not even the prosecutor could find any sign of abuse such as bruises, cuts, broken bones, missing limbs or rigor mortis. In fact there are nude pictures apparently showing Martha as intact as ever.

- The state takes Martha under its own loving wing and... MARTHA IS SICK NOW!!! In fact, Martha is so sick, not even her mother can be allowed to see her.

Can anyone explain what's going on here? Is Martha better off with the authorities in charge? Or is she a victim of the authorities loving care. Perhaps too much love got Martha sick?

[Sanjuro68]

How comfortable would you be to have such a video examined by the millions of TV lookers and then listen to their view of your crimes?

I'd be just peachy with that, since a couple of whacks on a well-padded butt are not multiple smacks and slaps to the head and face. I’ve never tried to inflict pain or used my children as an outlet for my own frustrations. Spanking is meant as an attention getter, to teach something. When it’s used to make a parent feel better, then the parent is unfit. What kind of person unloads their frustrations on a child? A pretty rotten one. There was no discipline involved here. You mete out discipline when a child does something wrong, not ten minutes later after making sure the coast is clear. There was nothing maternal about it, or about the perpetrator. It was simply a crime. It's called assault.

[NYCVirago]

There are a couple of very bright individuals posting on this and related threads who believe that Martha is dead. They demand that DNA samples are taken from the 'current' Martha and her parents so that 'we' would know for sure that what 'appears' to be Martha is indeed Martha.

Instead of acknowledging that you don't know what you're talking about regarding rigor mortis, you switch the subject to what other posters said. It would be nice if you got off your high horse and simply admitted you were wrong in your choice of words, but that's about as likely to happen as you ever admitting to being wrong on anything.