Couldn't help myself. I commented on the feminine collective.com story. I don't know what the payoff is for the writer, but just think of all the good she could be doing with her time.
BBM But the author thinks she is doing a good deed by visiting/writing the murderer- time well spent in her eyes, IMO.
I don't see your comment on the website???? Did she delete it?
I don't like what this woman had to say in her article. In my eyes she makes anyone who doesn't have some compassion for the murderer sound ...bad...not loving- with her "small love and small kindness" statement. I'm offended by her as I get the impression,in a way, that she is judging the people who don't feel/do the same. What does she see that many people don't see in the murderer-there for the grace of God go I? I would not murder anyone and most of us would not/could not murder. To what end does she visit "the only Jodi I know"? (this fake person, this liar- that's the reality for me, and she does not deserve "respite" , IMO). She needs to ask forgiveness, not only fromTravis and his loved ones, but to the whole world for what she has done to another- murdering someone who was very loved by others and had the capacity to do so much good for others in his life. The hurt there that she has wraught is so great, IMO.
This "extremist" woman who visits the murderer said:
"We have never discussed her trial, the past, or the future. Its just a brief respite from reality. Even for me. Because Ive made the decision to visit her, I separate her from her crime. The only Jodi I know is the one I see for 30 minutes every few weeks. I still hold on to my belief that it is not my role to judge, but rather to be an extremist offering love and small kindnesses."
I wish I knew how to " separate her from her crime". I guess I don't have as much compassion for the murderer as this woman does. I do judge her and I don't know how to stop judging her for murdering an innocent man that she claimed to love. I have always believed that it is not my place to judge also, but.... I do judge her and that's a sad fact for me. I judge her in the eyes of all good people who think life is precious and not something to slaughter as she has.
I know that having compassion for someone does not cancel out the consequences of their actions. I do not lack empathy for people, so why is it so hard to have it for her? I truly tried to have compassion for her- many times, but I failed.
Genuine compassion is impossible for me in this case because, again,I feel the injury is too great- murder is the greatest injury, to take that something from another, their life (the most precious thing anyone has.) If she will not take responsibility for the death of Travis as her own, is un-remorseful (and I don't believe she has any real remorse here), why must I "forgive her her trespasses" and have compassion for her? I cannot give her "cheap" compassion/forgiveness- just words from me to show the world what a wonderful person I am. And what is wrong with refusing to have compassion for this person- this murderer- in this anyway? Someone please answer me that. Bah!
All thru the murderer's trial, I struggled with my faith and kept questioning myself about how I felt about the DP. I have, I thought, a steadfast stance against the DP, but I struggled with the thought of wanting her to get the DP and my desire for her to get it. And then, on the other hand, that she is a person too and shouldn't be killed. There was/is now a turmoil that is going on in my, what I call, my "inner light"- the light that is attached to goodness, kindness, and compassion for others. It's a struggle, in any event, now ( and I don't want to lose that light) and that's why I needed a breakthis past summer from WS and murder to pray for more guidense in what , I think, I stand for.
And what about the author's comments?- telling the world what a wonderful person she is by doing so many other things besides write to the murderer once a week or visit her.
and this little ditty she wrote:
"...this is who I am and what I do. I sincerely hope that how I spend my time meets your expectations of a life well spent."
Talk about passive-aggressive.
Well- enough of my rant- my thoughts today are all me "just saying" - talking from my inner mind -that I'm making y'all endure (because maybe my thoughts don't make any sense). I need help to find more humility because my inner light is dim in the murderer's case.
One more thing: If you compare this author with Sister Prejean and Robert Lee Willie, (you know Dead Man Walking) at least the Sister tried to get him to take responsibility for what he had done and just didn't visit him to give him some "respite" (as if he deserved some respite) and a nice little conversation- all laughing and ha-ha. So what is this author's agenda- a book? (even Sr Prejean wrote a book) hmmmmm. I took great offense when the Sister testified that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev expressed sincere remorse for the pain he caused the victims of the Boston bombing, as to pull at the juror's heartstrings and not give him the DP. He did not express this remorse himself to all the victims- so important, IMO, in seeking forgiveness for his crime- and to me it was only her remorse being spoken at the trial. It would have been a lot more sincere to hear him express that remorse. If there was true remorse, why didn't it come from him? It leads me to believe that he hid behind her- a nun- and was not genuinely sorry for what he did and only wanted to not get the DP in any way possible, IMO.
I need to pray more ( and I need prayers for me) to get back on that path that I want my life to be on.
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(I'll be back later to post some things- gotta go pick up my son's car with him from the car mechanic and I'm getting a new Winter coat
, so I'll see you all later).
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