Comments on: Yearning For Justice in West Texas http://www.bloggernews.net/116032 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sat, 26 May 2012 11:52:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: whymrhymer http://www.bloggernews.net/116032#comment-367683 whymrhymer Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:54:25 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116032#comment-367683 Dusty, There is no doubt that what Jeffs and the other Elders are doing to the people at the ranch -- and specifically the children -- is cruel and inhumane but we are all victims of our circumstances (and very few get to choose their circumstances). On the other hand this does not excuse the intervention by the Sheriff's Dept -- an intervention that, no doubt, took place MAINLY because their lifestyle is not "socially acceptable." I agree that "something" needs to be done! ryanpatton, You point out that "America is supposed to be about (the)Freedom to live your life the way you want to. Can't argue with that but I don't think living your life in ignorance and fear is the way its supposed to work -- nor is the the way the majority of the people at the ranch would choose to live their life if they had an option. Dusty,

There is no doubt that what Jeffs and the other Elders are doing to the people at the ranch — and specifically the children — is cruel and inhumane but we are all victims of our circumstances (and very few get to choose their circumstances). On the other hand this does not excuse the intervention by the Sheriff’s Dept — an intervention that, no doubt, took place MAINLY because their lifestyle is not “socially acceptable.”

I agree that “something” needs to be done!

ryanpatton,

You point out that “America is supposed to be about (the)Freedom to live your life the way you want to. Can’t argue with that but I don’t think living your life in ignorance and fear is the way its supposed to work — nor is the the way the majority of the people at the ranch would choose to live their life if they had an option.

]]> By: ryanpatton http://www.bloggernews.net/116032#comment-367273 ryanpatton Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:07:08 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116032#comment-367273 Dustin, you are a dumb as that stupid sheriff in Texas. What they did was illegal, immoral and unjust. They went in there because they do not agree with the lifestyle. Well guess what, that's what America is supposed to be about. Freedom to live your life the way you want to. According to you, it's ok for some nameless person to place an anonymous call and for government to come in to your home and take your children with no evidence whatsoever. God help me from ever living in a country like that. I hope they get sued for every dime they own. Dustin, you are a dumb as that stupid sheriff in Texas. What they did was illegal, immoral and unjust. They went in there because they do not agree with the lifestyle. Well guess what, that’s what America is supposed to be about. Freedom to live your life the way you want to.

According to you, it’s ok for some nameless person to place an anonymous call and for government to come in to your home and take your children with no evidence whatsoever. God help me from ever living in a country like that.

I hope they get sued for every dime they own.

]]> By: dusty http://www.bloggernews.net/116032#comment-367218 dusty Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:44:15 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116032#comment-367218 What the local government did in Texas may not have been the right thing to do, but I do believe that something detrimental needed to be done to wake these people up from the nightmare that psychotic Warren Jeffs put them in. As a former polygamist child myself, I would have been intrigued to see the "real world", and how "normal people" live! The polygamists teach these children that the "outside world is bad, and that they are the chosen few of God" what kind of God choses only a "few" children to be so special as to live a restricted life and have the fear of marrying some total stranger whom you arnt even attracted to? That does not sound like the "father of all fathers to me". I was terrified that I would have to marry someone that I didnt want, someone I was unattracted to, and have to sleep with him and have as many children with him as my body could give!! It is so sad to me that these children do not get the opportunity to "fall in Love", and are taught to believe in themselves, and (yes) in God enough that they have the ability to chose their own partner in life!!! This is one of the greatest gifts in life, and to think that "Gods chosen children" dont have the luxury of this gift just never made sense to me...I am happy for the mothers and the children to be reunited, but I do hope and pray that the experience from the raid in Texas will help to open their eyes if only a little bit that their are other options out their, and that the world isnt a bad place. I am more grateful than ever that I had the courage and strength to get out of that insanity years ago!!! And as for the authorities in Texas, thank you for doing something to make these people think about the predicament that they and their children are in, I beleive with all of my heart and soul that something needed to be done, and you did it....God Bless all of you, and God bless the polygamists of Texas that you cared enough about their children to take that risk to help them!! Dusty What the local government did in Texas may not have been the right thing to do, but I do believe that something detrimental needed to be done to wake these people up from the nightmare that psychotic Warren Jeffs put them in. As a former polygamist child myself, I would have been intrigued to see the “real world”, and how “normal people” live! The polygamists teach these children that the “outside world is bad, and that they are the chosen few of God” what kind of God choses only a “few” children to be so special as to live a restricted life and have the fear of marrying some total stranger whom you arnt even attracted to? That does not sound like the “father of all fathers to me”. I was terrified that I would have to marry someone that I didnt want, someone I was unattracted to, and have to sleep with him and have as many children with him as my body could give!! It is so sad to me that these children do not get the opportunity to “fall in Love”, and are taught to believe in themselves, and (yes) in God enough that they have the ability to chose their own partner in life!!! This is one of the greatest gifts in life, and to think that “Gods chosen children” dont have the luxury of this gift just never made sense to me…I am happy for the mothers and the children to be reunited, but I do hope and pray that the experience from the raid in Texas will help to open their eyes if only a little bit that their are other options out their, and that the world isnt a bad place. I am more grateful than ever that I had the courage and strength to get out of that insanity years ago!!! And as for the authorities in Texas, thank you for doing something to make these people think about the predicament that they and their children are in, I beleive with all of my heart and soul that something needed to be done, and you did it….God Bless all of you, and God bless the polygamists of Texas that you cared enough about their children to take that risk to help them!!
Dusty

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