Please let me state at the outset that I am dropping out of this discussion altogether, so any way I've contributed to the friction in this discussion will be over with after today.
What has bothered me most, however, is the people who have continually painted Mrs. Gosch (Noreen) in such unflattering ways. Perhaps I'm misinterpreting the TOS rules as they apply to this case, and that is certainly a possibility, but I see Noreen as a victim in that it was her son who was abducted... in the same way I saw Laci Peterson's mother as a victim, because Laci was her daughter, and Laci was murdered. If Noreen is indeed a victim, then I think the TOS rules apply to her, as stated below:
IMO, I've seen too many instances where people have accused Noreen of being mentally ill, severely mentally ill, or having factitious disorders along the lines of Munchausen's by Proxy. If I've done a post stating an opinion to counter what I consider to be an unfounded attack of Noreen, then I am considered a problem poster and state that they're sorry "you feel my post is out of order". Well, no, what I've stated is that I don't agree with your opinion.
Likewise, I see everyone is on the Wm. Thomas bandwagon in saying he's argumentative and/or confrontational. That may well be true. But I haven't seen anyone saying that Cappucina's post above was either argumentative or confrontational (recapped below):
So yes, William's post was confrontational, but I consider Cappucina's to be confrontational, too.
There is obviously an imbalance here... pretty much the "good guys" versus the "bad guys"... and it's not healthy nor conducive to further investigation of this case for me. As I said earlier, I'm dropping out of any further involvement with this case, so I'm not looking for agreement from anyone in what I've said, or disagreement for that matter. I just wanted to offer my opinion before moving on.