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you are making this way more complicated than it is. i merely suggested that j told his lawyer afterthefact about being threatened... his lawyer didn't have to be at the meeting to know what happened prior to the meeting or at the meeting as j would've told him what happened the next time they spoke (or, as per usual, j could've lied about what happened to get him to attend the meeting)--- the point being joran might have lied again about being forced to go to the meeting as per the wiki article that was mentioned - which i proved was erroneus by posting the article i posted. please find my original post and read it-- thanks.
jvds wouldn't have been hounded for 5 years if he didn't cause natalee's disappearance/murder and then lie about it and taunt beth for those 5 years!
ok-- i'm officially sick of jvds... again :rollercoaster:
my bolding
And that is the bottom line. I even object to the use of the word hounding, that implies that he's the victim being harrassed unfairly. I don't know if that was the intent or not but he could have ended it all at any point. We can all sit back and speculate whether or not he would ever tell the truth but that's not the point and that's certainly no reason that he should ever get away with NH disappearance and maybe her murder. I doubt any parent would have said after just five years, oh well he'll never tell me the truth so I'll just move on and forget about my child. It would never happen with me. Maybe not even after 10, 20 years would a parent just give up and move on.
Whether or not a victim's mother may or may not have made some mistakes really pales in comparison to the loss of her child. The trip to Peru doesn't take anything away from her if keeping the whole picture of what she and NH's father, brother, other family and friends had to endure in the proper perspective. Anyone who has actually followed everything that went on can see the whole picture. I don't think BH is worried in the least if some may criticize her for it, number 1, that too pales in comparison to her child and number 2, she has the support of many many people all over who do know what she went through and the Peru trip isn't going to change it, it was a small blip from the very large picture. I know I wouldn't care.
And I've never heard anyone tell a parent that after just five years they should give up and just move on when it's still far from being too late to get answers, most especially when the one responsible is still out there, still taunting her, still lying. Some may believe that BH isn't unique but her child sure was, her child deserved to live, her child deserved to fulfill her dreams just like anyone elses child. My child is unique, all of our children are unique.
I'm also not going to forget that right before BH went to Peru, Joran had done that interview from prison where he told more lies, attempting to make himself the victim yet again, possibly made more money from those lies too. The taunting didn't end even after he was arrested. Maybe had he not taunted her yet again she would never have gone, who knows. Maybe the only way BH could get to Peru was through PDV, maybe PDV was using her.
I'm also not going to forget that the Flores family has been highly supportive of BH and NH. They may not have agreed with parts of this trip but they've spoken in support of her even after that. That focus shouldn't be lost either. Mr Flores himself has said, I'm paraphrasing, that Stephany's death and JVDS conviction is justice for NH too.
JMHO
