tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586513.post1375933802130271592..comments2024-03-03T22:01:12.376-06:00Comments on Pensacola Beach Blog: Atchison's Health: What We Don't KnowBeach Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16153908891922140526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586513.post-39156348140155066522007-10-06T14:05:00.000-05:002007-10-06T14:05:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586513.post-59460148813021956712007-09-30T14:58:00.000-05:002007-09-30T14:58:00.000-05:00This post evidences the deep compassion characteri...This post evidences the deep compassion characteristic of this blogger, who is to be commended for demonstrating both compassion and reason in the face of the wild lynch mob mentality being shown by the community at large.<BR/><BR/>Surely we can all agree that the Atchison matter is a tragedy for all concerned, and yes, thank goodness it didn't end in tragedy for a "real" five-year-old as well - but that's entirely beside the point of this blog entry. The blogger recognizes the horrific nature of the apparent crime and its equally senseless destruction of the entire Atchison family, even as he gropes for some plausible alternate explanation short of convicting the perpetrator without a trial. <BR/><BR/>The foregoing reader comments demonstrate that the writers just don't get it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08280973366341817256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586513.post-30157569036419613572007-09-21T01:26:00.000-05:002007-09-21T01:26:00.000-05:00Your description of him not showing any deviant te...Your description of him not showing any deviant tendencies could have applied to the BTK killer as well - who appeared to all around him as well to be an upstanding individual. It really has no point if your trying to introduce this as some sort of evidence of non guilt. The fact this man has come into contact with many young girls in his "civic work" should indicate the need for these children to also be looked at as possible and likely victims, as the investigation of a crime IS the responsibility of police etc. If he can show that someone hijacked his computer, which could certainly be possible, then this would provide reasonable doubt to his guilt, BUT - he still has the problem of explaining why he was getting on an airplane at that time to that city to meet. Some research that your citing does not make fact. The burden is on the accused to show mental illness. Good luck proving that one in court with this character. In any event does it really matter weighed against the crime to the victim? Once this individual is convicted, which he will be assuming that no shocking other evidence is provided by the defense (a massive conspiracy to put him on a plane at the exact moment the person hijacking his computer agreed to meet the mother of a five year old) he will find that no matter what the judge gives him, the other prisoners will deliver the justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586513.post-10118502728975665562007-09-20T20:21:00.000-05:002007-09-20T20:21:00.000-05:00Sorry, but just because he didn't exhibit outward ...Sorry, but just because he didn't exhibit outward signs of pedophilia doesn't mean that he was free of those thoughts and urges. I feel terrible for his family but I am glad that he was apprehended. Think about it -- what if the person he corresponded with on the internet wasn't an undercover police woman but actually some woman willing to let her child be raped? How would we feel if he had succeeded?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com