by Celtic 48 Replies latest jw friends
angharad wrote:
I couldn't agree with that statement more!Tragic stories like this need publicity but some consideration should be shown to the people close to the victim as they are still in the grieving process - maybe in a few weeks they will feel differently and want it publised but at the moment I can imagine it must be very hard just to cope with the loss let alone the press.
Hello,
My own concerns regarding this issue is that after putting himself and Adele in an untenable position by revealing personal details of another persons tragedy, he then threatened with legal action those who had in good faith had passed on information posted on a public board to persons of the media. IMHO opinion he should be attending to himself rather than trying to threaten others.
This board, whether we like in or not is viewed by hundreds of non-subscribers. Mark ran the risk of one of these people passing on his note to the media and in those circumstances he would not even have known the persons involved. However upset he was at the time, he needed to think of the implications that his post might have had on those enveloped by grief in this tragedy.
Had he posted a more gentle letter, asking that these details not be passed on this morning I would have sympathy for him, but threats and bluster are no way to handle this unfortunate situation.
angharad,
Mark apparently made his original post with Adele's permission. She was distraught and may not have realized the implications of what she granted permission for, but Mark, knowing his audience, should have measured the costs of his post. After all, the road to Hell is paved with good intention.
Best regards - HS
Edited by - hillary_step on 30 September 2002 16:14:8
I also agree with Angharad and am a little shocked at some of the previous comments.
Edited by - ballistic on 30 September 2002 16:13:58
I too agree with Angharad. I did ask Mark's permission(4x) but got no response. I asked Bill Bowen to read the thread and alert the media. I have not heard one drop of information from the media in the US! I am glad for the family's sake. I don't know what all the fuss is. Adele has not been harassed by the media that I am aware of. Mark is threatening frivolous law suits. He claims that he is NO longer supporting the Silentlamb issue, simply because Bill Bowen may have taken this story to the media, last week!!! I see no damage done here, I see no media attention here, I do see anger and threats! I also see a need at some point for Mark and or Adele to find the courage to tell this girl's story someday. To remove the Think Tank's support from the cause of child molestation because Bill Bowen heads it and he MAY have gone to the press is REDICULOUS! Mark, we love you and we are sorry for the pain but you are acting foolishly.
Just for my curiosity, why does this suicide incident have to be a secret?????????
Good question Sunshine. This person was so harmed by the abuse her parents did to her, that she took their words of death and destruction to its final conclusion. (Sadly). So her parents successfully silenced her andin removing the "stigma" from them of her alleged disgrace.Which should not of been a stigma at all and they should of been parents instead of tormenters. In which, I feel if it was brought to light it would of withered and died. Evil can inplode in light.
An now even in death, she is silenced and gagged. ..it is too sad. Because the pain she had inside, was internalized instead of released upon what it should of, the injustice.
Xandria
Evil can inplode in light.
Beautifully said.
There is much I could add to these posts, thankyou to those ones who know that I have been acting in the best interests of others, placing their interest before my own.
I have never threatened legal action, that is a false assumption, a twisting of my words out of context again. No further comment is required upon this, as obviously many of you are now 'polluting' this whole issue and frankly, muddying the waters, it's simply not needed and is a complete waste of time.
I am withdrawing my support for Bill Bowen on the basis of a very rude email I received from him in response to a perfectly respectable and polite request made to him.
Some posters here are suggesting the whole story is made up. I can, sadly so, assure you that that is not the case. The facts can be verified quite easily. I do know much of the background here, but for reasons beyond my control, am not able to provide further information pertaining to certain matters.
If I have acted unwisely in the eyes of a few here, please accept my apology unreserved. This was not at all my intention.
I have come to expect from this board that many here will seize upon the opportunity to drag other individuals down, no matter what the cost, I have seen this before here. I'm not angry about this, tis but water off ducks back, I just think it sad that so many jump in to see the negative rather than first looking for the positive in regards to personal motive and intention.
I know what this board can be like. Many of you just jump in, all too ready to misconstrue another individuals words to make it appear that what you are saying is true, despite the fact that you may full well be completely taking things and/or the situation way out of context. This is only an observation.
There is much much more I could add, but now is not the appropriate timing so I will refrain. Hurl whatever abuses you like, chuck in the insults, say I did this wrong and that wrong, whatever, I don't give a damn. I know where my heart was with my initial post, there was no other motive, I know that, and thats all that matters to me.
Yours faithfully
Mark Price / Community Action Network UK
Hey Mark
Well written, after speaking with you on a one to one basis, I totally sympathize with you.
How dare they question your motives, who do they think they are? Their lives must be so sad that as Jesus once said " I pity them, like sheep without a shepherd" or as I would put it like humans without a brain. Keep up the good work truth will prevail.
Martin
Thankyou Martin
