Wow! It's sure hard to have a job and keep up with you guys. I just want to respond to Taximom from another thread (and thanks to Blink I may have gotten it right!) So bear with me...
I would agree with you normally, but to me he only seemed interested in himself. That's pretty apparent on most, if not all, of his websites. The ONLY places I saw pics of his children were on the news sites! I think this was just his sick, twisted way of manipulating her into staying. He knew where her heart was and that was with the kids. I think the only reason he would want the girls was to hurt her more.
You are absolutely correct. True to his narcissistic self. A narcissist views loved ones as possessions...but that's not what makes him evil IMO. There are plenty of men like him out there. I, unfortunately, happened to be married to one of them. Everything that poor Nancy experienced, I have experienced as well. But, I can't begin to tell you how many men out there behave the same way when going through a divorce. Thank goodness she did have family to turn to. Many women, including myself don't. The women who get out are strong and no doubt are motivated by their love for their children. My motto was always "life does not have to be an endurance test"...there had to be better. When women lose their ability to earn income, in some way their roles are now viewed differently by their spouses (especially egocentrics). Brad had a SAHM for a wife...he did his job by paying for everything...her job was to take care of the kids. It doesn't surprise me that he may have been an "absentee" father. His girls were young...and they were his wife's responsibility in his mind. But, he very well could have been a good father to his daughters (by his standards). Narcissists are all about appearances so in some respect he would have had to try and maintain the "image"- husband, father, family guy. We obviously feel he failed miserably. But, he was/is these kids' father...and to be told that his children were being taken away shatters that mirror image that he has of himself. Don't get me wrong...if this man killed Nancy (and I feel that he did) he is pure EVIL. Anyone who takes another life is in my book. I just don't think taking the kids passports makes him that.
Phew! I'm done.
Bless Nancy and her babies...