Hi all. Still visiting here every day but posting rarely. I’m very passionate about this case.
Just wondering if anyone would care to give their thoughts on the pastor brother-in-laws wording and tone of his blog post, (seen in msm)? I am constantly haunted by what he wrote, and the tone, and wondered if others felt the same, or am I reading it in the wrong context.
To begin, he is announcing the death/murder of Allison.
"Well it has been confirmed. Our darling Allison has died," the message began. "We love her so much and can scarcely believe that her gentle, loving life has come to an end!
"Our house is full of deep grief and abounding love.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...allisons-in-laws/story-e6freoof-1226390060831
To me, this sounds like a sermon. It sounds like he is trying to appear connected and affected, but is distant and mechanical.
For goodness sake. She had been murdered. Where is the shock? The disbelief? The determination to get to the bottom of it? The deep sense of guttedness?
But then, he changes altogether. (same article, but skipping bits)
"Precious friends, on another matter you need to be aware that the media are glorying in the most revolting and salacious gossip. They seem determined to do all possible to damage and destroy.
"They have virtually imprisoned us in the house! They have NO regard for Allison or her family - despite their 'crocodile tears' for Allison. I warn you that there may be more and worse to come."
Where has this anger and passion come from? What on earth could be "worse" than what happened to Allison? Everyone else was alive? Even if, in the worst case scenario (they would surely have been thinking this way back then, before any evidence came out) your brother-in-law was charged with murder and had to fight to prove his innocence, its not worse than what had happened?
I understand there were children that stood to lose both parents, but the one that was still alive had life. Plus, at that stage, surely they didn’t really believe he was going to be charged????
I know if this happened in my family, and we truly didn’t for a second think that our brother was involved in any way, at this stage we would all be saying, "don’t worry mate, They'll get who did it. You're not going to be arrested when you didn’t do it". I mean, not many people are wrongly arrested for murder.
He can’t be meaning that further hounding by the media and discrediting of the good name, was "worse"?
Just in typing this now, I'm wondering whether he is predicting a walton involvement???????
For me it’s the word "worse" in this writing. I cant get my head around that chouice of word. And secondly, the tone and passion in the second part. What the??? There is something I feel I'm missing. It’s like a puzzle.
Would be really interested in others views on this. Thanks