I imagine her parents have given her several ultimatums to no avail. I personally choose not to judge someone unless I've walked in their shoes.
We don't know what goes on behind closed door with that family nor do we know everything they and the police know.
I do realize that, YellowDog...honestly, I truly do. However, obviously one ultimatum the parents have not given Casey is that they will send her back to jail if she doesn't tell them what happened to Caylee or at least where she is. Otherwise, either Caylee would have been found or Casey would be in jail if they followed through with the threat of sending her back.
I was a defender of the parents for quite a while, despite the fact I knew they were telling stories. I never believed the kidnapping stories, but I thought perhaps they were bending over backwards, swallowing their pride and saying just absolutely
anything they could to be sure it got back to Casey just how much they were on her side and believed in her, hoping she'd give them something to work with in finding Caylee. I thought maybe even LE had told them to do that. Then I thought it was just denial that drove them.
But it's become clear to me that they were saying one thing to LE and another to the public -- trying to mislead both -- even outright lying about some things. I believe they now know that Caylee is no longer alive, but if they ever publicly admit that, then they've lost Casey, too...I can't imagine what they're going through and I feel so sorry for them because of it.
However, I still maintain that the most innocent and deserving soul of all in this situation is Caylee...and she needs her grandparents to do the right thing for HER, even if it costs them Casey. That's so sad...and it shouldn't be that way...but Casey
made it that way. Not Caylee.
Perhaps they know she's gone and figure that there's nothing they can do to help her now, so they've got to help Casey. I am fine with their wanting to support their daughter....but not with their doing so while Casey still refuses to help anyone find Caylee. Like I said, I would love my son no matter what sort of horrible thing he might ever do. I would never stop loving him. But I would not harbor and defend him and support him until he told the truth. At that point, I would do everything in my power to help him face whatever might be ahead.
I feel certain that if it
were one of Casey's friends who had taken and harmed Caylee, Cindy and George would not be very understanding of
that person sitting in their own house enjoying the comforts of home without telling where Caylee was or what happened to her. They would want that person in jail (and I'm sure they would be since the case wouldn't be as sensational and no famous BH or organization would want to make their bond).
I just believe that Caylee deserves the same degree of support and
opportunity for justice regardless who harmed her. I don't have to walk a mile in their shoes to know that Caylee deserves to be found more than Casey deserves to sit at home with nothing hanging over her head to force her to tell the truth.
Thanks for your perspective, YellowDog. I will just have to agree to disagree with you. I really wish I could feel about these parents the way I've felt about families of other missing children...but because of their own actions and statements, I just can't. I still feel just as heartbroken for them where Caylee is concerned, but I can't get on board in supporting their helping make things easier and better for Casey without Casey's telling them the truth about their granddaughter.
I will say, though, that I would never participate in the type of protesting that has been going on outside that home, even if I had a legal "right" to do so. But George and Cindy don't help matters by putting themselves in situations they know will result in drama. I think when that happens it just proves to Casey all the more that her parents will do anything and endure anything to defend and support her, no matter what. It reinforces their enabling of her and makes it less likely the truth will come out. So I want the protesters to go away for that reason.
Sorry y'all...I'll back away from the keyboard now. :blowkiss: