Me either Stephanie. What has that brave little girl done to deserve that?
Jessica Lynch may spend the rest of her life in pain because of the injuries she suffered...she may never walk again, or not without the aid of crutches or a cane. My grandmother was thrown from a horse when she was 15. Her shoulder was dislocated and her upper arm broken. She developed arthritis in that shoulder at age 20, and hasn't been pain free since...she'll be 90 in July
No one knows how what Jessica saw, heard, or experienced during her nine day ordeal will affect her emotionally down the road. I know a couple things I'm sworn to secrecy not to disclose, but I can say this...if it's accurate, Jessica was tortured far beyond what the news media is reporting...beyond anything I've heard anyone say
There's a reason both my uncle and me had tears in our eyes this afternoon. He's a church pastor, and is shocked at the brutality used against a girl of that size and age. So is my dad...a Korean War veteran.
I don't care if Jessica is a United States soldier...she wasn't over there to harm anything larger than a scorpion, and those b####### knew it. If they had the internet know-how to find and print Jessica's parents photograph off media websites to use as psychological torture, they knew full well she was in Iraq to supply thirsty troops and vehicles with water--not kill, and knew very little information if any useful to the Iraqi's. If it's true she withstood the torture for five minutes I've been told about and not tell more than her "name, rank, serial number", she's beyond heroic...because there's no way 99.9% of Americans could take it...I couldn't, and will readily admit it.
What they did to her was horrible enough...now she's getting hate mail and death threats, and from Americans? I don't get it...honestly. Dad said maybe it's because she reportedly shot several Iraqi soldiers, but my Lord, she was trying to save her life...it was self defense. What was she supposed to do? Hide under the truck??
We'd might as well admit it. There's an evil out there, a sick twisted evil so perverted it's unbelievable. I recieved close to 100 kind, thankful, and appreciative emails since April 4th because of my website...many said tears streamed down their face while viewing it. I've ALSO recieved three that honestly shocked me.
I was labeled as a "dirty old man", "infatuated", offering a "bribe" to a vunerable girl because I pitied her. I showed them to my cousin this afternoon, a sheriff deputy...and he said it was sick. That I'd better be careful--those were very disturbed people. My dad is worried about my safety...afraid I'll open the front door to a gun barrel, or get anthrax in the mail.
Like dad said, anyone that looks at my website and sees anything resembling perversion is crazy. Honor and compassion maybe, but not perversion.
My sister is now so afraid of internet kooks/stalkers and weirdos she no longer lists her email when she posts in guestbooks. She no longer visits/posts at forums or chatrooms.. She now lists her location as "Pacific NW". I wanted to create a small website in her honor, or at least post a photo vidcap of her from some camcorder video so folks in Jessica's hometown could see the resemblance to Jessi and she said no way.
In all honesty, she's not really comfortable with me posting even her FIRST name or her childrens first names...not on websites or on boards, including this one. It's because of horror stories she sees on the news.
Stories like a petite little 19 year old supply clerk that was ambushed, nearly tortured and starved to death; and still gets hate mail and apparently, death threats so credible she's being guarded by Secret Service and FBI agents
Maybe it's true....publicity nowadays is dangerous. I saw a "risk of being murdered" test on a law enforcement site, and it clearly mentioned your risk was higher the more times you were on tv, on the radio, your photograph or letter to the editor posted in a newspaper (I guess the same goes for the WWW).
My dad isn't begging me to discontinue the website (I wouldn't anyway...I'd die first); but he is worried, and advised me to stop promoting it (seeking more get well posts for the board). He's very upset I submitted it to Google and Yahoo--but they'd get it at the end of April regardless....when the meta crawlers seem to update.
Maybe I'm crazy, but don't really think or worry about dying anymore. It'll happen to me someday regardless...so why let it ruin my life? If Jessica can withstand what she did with honor and bravery, the least I can do is have the courage and fortitude to keep her site online regardless of threats or anything else that occur.
PW
