Posted on 09/22/2002 5:27:07 AM PDT by A Vast RightWing Conspirator
Let's asses the situation:
- mother in jail, soon to post $5000 bail
- mother's sister in jail, arrested for 'failing to report child abuse'. She may be out by now.
- girl in state's custody, may be assigned to foster parents, not likely to be allowed to live with her family for a long time, possibly for ever
- girl's siblings may not see their little sister for a long time
- a bunch of Freepers happy because yet another kid is liberated away from her natural family and thrown into the (long and) loving arms of the 'authorities'.
Now, the racist, statist, lookist 'concerned citizens', the ambulance chasing profession AND Hillary Clinton must be happy beyond happy. The little girl has been finally liberated from her mother, father(?), siblings, playmates, etc.
Oh, she is also fine, physically speaking.
I didn't watch much news lately (it's the weekend, you know?), but I got this from a post by .30Carbine:
The girl showed no visible signs of injuries, but Child Protective Services will temporarily place her with another family that is not related, prosecutor Chris Toth said Saturday. He said she was being examined at a hospital.
``She's safe. We just have to, at this point, make sure there are not any deeper physical injuries,'' Toth said. ``She's a sweet, wonderful girl. Physically she looks fine.''
According to something I heard last night, it may take up to ONE YEAR before the daughter could be ALLOWED to be reunited with her (as some 'freepers' put it) WHITE TRASH, SHOPLIFTING WHORE, also MOTHER OF THREE.
Could any of the 'concerned citizens' who advocate making other people business their own explain how could THIS heal. They were talking about a spanking/beating causing PERMANENT PSYCHOLOGICAL SCARS that the girl will live with for the rest of her life.
Could those who advocate making other people business their own explain now how forcing a 4-yr. old away from her family for up to one year NOT hurt the girl?
I'm sure they have all kinds of answers. I'm just curious what they are.
Common, let's see, who comes up with the best creative nonsense!!!!
It's a challenge boys and girls AND it will make you feel good about yourselves. Perhaps you can also explain on what basis you were describing the girl's mother as 'white trash', 'whore', 'white trash whore' and 'shop lifter'.
Oh, one more thing, I haven't heard from Hillary but, last night I had the TV tuned into Fox covering the Arafat situation as I was falling asleep (this is the kind of TV programming that puts me to sleep fast). I had my eyes closed so I couldn't see the lovely facial expressions but I heard friend-of-FR and certified liar and licensed adulterer HERALDO suggesting that the girl's mother should have 'her hands broken'. She told the audience that she WAS a monster. Fox blonde Rita Cosby was, of course, in total agreement with HERALDO and so... BIZARRE, was THE FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR to one of those Arab Emirates who decided that he HAD to agree that the girl's mother was A MONSTER when asked to comment about the Arafat situation.
So, here you are people, you got HERALDO on your side now.
You MUST be both PROUD and HAPPY. You were on the correct side of history.
Let's hear from you now as I go out to calibrate my new crossbow.
Then what in the world are you doing on all these threads, instead of being out saving the world. Physician, heal thyself!
Remember Kitty Genovese? Some of these "mind your own business" folks would probably lionize the 38 people who ignored her pleas for help when she was murdered!
She skipped town on the shoplifting charge. And guess where she shoplifted from -- a Kohl's store, the very same chain where she attempted to return merchandise! Did it ever occur to you that perhaps the merchandise she tried to get a cash refund for was stolen?
Don't worry they will find a nice loving Lesbian Couple to have the child live with.
People do this because they feel less compelled to help the more witnesses there are.
I doubt that the video would make it as evidence at trial. It is not the best evidence as to whether the child was harmed (the child is) and would therefore be prejudicial.
How did the tape get to the News outlets? I'm waiting for the mother to file suit against the store and CNN.
Was it reported anywhere why, exactly, the women were asked to leave the store?
Was it because they were using the child to scam, as you put it?
Such a world.
This is true; I think, also, the opposite is true: when one does act, get involved, or call, it places the one who knows he/she would NOT act, get involved, or call into a state of mind where he/she feels compeled to JUSTIFY their LACK OF ACTION (the technical psychological word for this is "cognitive dissonance").
People would rather seek to justify their own wrong, immoral, or unethical thinking and behavior (or those whom they admire), than adjust their thinking and behavior to a way that is morally or ethically sound. They do this, sometimes, by ridiculing others who have feelings of shock over wrong behaviors or for the actions they took (i.e., calling the police for help).
I have observed cognitive dissonance on this thread, as well as a couple others related to this topic. I believe some of these people have CONDEMNED those who would help because, in their own convoluted way of thinking, they are attempting to alleviate the guilt they feel for knowing they would have done nothing.
http://www.theindychannel.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-167844320020920-080933.html
Kohl's wouldn't have known she was whatever. Instead of playing the blame game, she had better start worrying about her daughter's civil rights. Every time she opens her mouth, she makes herself look worse.
She might do well to be concerned about the civil rights of a store not to have their merchandise ripped off. Oh well, it's only a big store robbing from the poor. They deserve what they get . . .
As a side issue, it really infuriates me that we have come to this where shoplifting is so common. If people were more basically honest, we would have to have all these cameras watching us. People have always stolen from retailers, but never to the extent we have seen in the last 40 or so years.
She could get some job training, but people don't want to hire dishonest people.
What has happened to us????????
You blow your credibility with this--I have seen the fist punches several times as they have been shown several times on the news.--and the mother said she hit the child in the forehead and and demonstrated on her own forehead.
First, it has been 8 or 9 days since the beatings occurred. I know my own kids heal that quickly at times.
Second, the mother herself admitted that she hit the girl with a closed fist (see post 171).
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