[ET(end tyranny)]

And if the perp is a family member will you take back your comments? Will you take back your nasty comments about Klass? Why are you on this thread? Why not ask to have it pulled. How do you discuss a topic without talking about it? I thought discussion was about give and take, different people sharing thoughts and views. What is a discussion forum for?

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ET... I think Klaas (not Klass) is a jerk! - If the uncle did it... then hunt me down and I will appoligize to you, I expect the same from you when they find out it was not the uncle. Sound Fair?

[kayak]

ET ~~~ you are correct that this is a forum where discussion is welcomed. But "in olden days" the practice was to discuss and debate facts or to debunk false info.

I am not directing this comment to or at any specific person on this thread but what I have seen here, and on other threads about this case, is wild speculation with no factual basis. In the past, one of the great values of FR was that the wheat got separated from the chaff but on far too many threads these days, spreading the chaff around seems to be the point rather than looking for the wheat. We are all entitled to voice our opinions, as long as they are within the guidelines that JimRob has established, but it would be more beneficial if people would stick to a discussion of facts and issues rather than unfounded guesses about what is happening.

[Illbay]

And if the perp is a family member will you take back your comments?

Oh, are my comments invalid? What ARE my comments?

No one on this thread, or on this forum so far as I know, is intimately involved in this case and knows the slightest bit about what's going on with it, enough to even venture an educated opinion.

So, why do I have to take that back? It's true, isn't it?

Where have I given my opinion as to "whodunnit"? Nowhere, that's where.

Now, speculation is all well and good, and a comment like "the way they're handling this makes me wonder if someone isn't hiding something" is perfectly reasonable.

But that's not what you have. You have "I KNOW that this person's hiding something; I'll be blahblahblah did thisandthat and now they're running around trying to get everyone's story straight." Or "It's obvious that a family member took the girl to save her from something horrible that was happening to her, it's probably the father's molesting her."

That's just GARBAGE.

I trust I've clarified my position, and you won't have to bother to make any more stupid-*ss snide comments.