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LUDO ERGO SUM
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I don't believe we have a thread that deals with WHY so many of us have such STRONG feelings one way or the other about this case and the players therein. I wonder what it is about THIS case, or THESE people that fill us with such anger/rage/hatred.
For instance, I detest the entire A family, but the fact is, I probably dislike ICA the least. Go figure, right? I believe I dislike the parents the most because I don't believe she was born a monster, and let's leave it at that.
I have, however, seen many posters who detest ICA with a purple passion, and I wonder what brings out such strong feelings in them.
Anyone want to give it a try?
I had never closely followed this kind of case until the summer of 2008, when my wife told me briefly about this thing on the way to work. I tuned in to Nancy Grace that night, watched the show, and the rest was history. I joined Websleuths shortly thereafter as a result of my ravenous hunger for all things related to the case -- and as an historian, I am professionally trained at seeking source material. Believe me, Websleuths has been, bar none, the finest source of information on this case from the beginning.
Once I'd read the preliminary interviews and viewed some of the videotape, it was clear to me that something really unusual was going on. The clincher was CA's behavior. The more I tried to work it out in my mind, the less sense it all made. The family seemed to be in obvious denial about the possibility their daughter was lying, and I found that reasonable enough -- but then it became abundantly clear that CA seemed to be quite determined to foil LE at every turn in their attempts to get to the bottom of things.
The more the family spun, and the weirder the story got as it changed continuously, the more I was determined to see this through to the end. I wanted to see ICA face justice for what I feel it is obvious she did. I do not claim to know the details of how Caylee died, but no one will every convince me that ICA is not a narcissistic sociopath who, if she did not willfully kill her daughter, was certainly capable of doing so and thought nothing of her death once it occurred.
If I have strong feelings about it, it is because I have spent so many hours reading, posting, and thinking about the absurd web of nonsense this family (primarily ICA, of course), have foisted upon us all. When I think of the thousands of LE and citizens who participated in the searches for a daughter ICA knew damned well was dead, and the nasty things CA said about Tim Miller, whose only crime was giving his time and energy to helping this family find their missing granddaughter, it fills me with resentment. The thought that ICA could walk free after having left this kind of destruction in her wake is beyond my ability t comprehend.
So, if I feel strongly, that's why. I suspect I am not so different from many others here.
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