Monday, May 02, 2005

What am I missing?

The broadcast news is on fire on IF and WHEN the Runaway Bride Jennifer Wilbanks will be charged with a crime for getting cold feet and taking off for Las Vegas.... the prosecutor in the case is still determining what he will do.... and he seems to think he would be within the law.... it depends says he on if she was willful or not..... AMAZING.... that the public is soooo outraged about this and yet the three people who KNOWINGLY hid John Cooey from the police, possibly enabling him to continue to assault Jessica Lunsford and subsequently bury her alive.... are not inundating Brad Kings office with letters of consternation demanding that they be held accountable for THEIR actions or inaction. They also lied to police during an investigation. They also sought to protect themselves from public scrutiny and lessen any adverse opinions.... the problem is....... no amount of money will ever restore Jessica Lunsford to her loving family.

As for me........ I am not sure what she deserves.... I think she was incredibly selfish by taking off and allowing her family and friends to go through days of the worst kind of hell... the hell that comes from not knowing what has happened to a loved child, a beloved relative, special friend and intended spouse.... I can't imagine looking anyone you care about in the face after perpetrating such a deception and saying..... I love you... or I missed you... both seem shallow considering the collect phone call she made should have happened before she boarded the bus on the night she disappeared.

Should there be charges....... I really can't say.... as to an investigation.... maybe we ought to be looking into why a member of this society we have created can be totally be devoid of any empathy towards those they purport to love to selfishly disappear without nary a by your leave. What prompts sex offenders to secret themselves into our peaceful neighborhoods and steal our children out of their beds.... to use them for their own selfish purposes... To me the correlation is clear........ selfishness is the clear root of most evil and thoughtlessness perpetrated on society today.... regardless it's a pervasive problem that doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon.....