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Diziet_Sma
01/28/09

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I have a serious question - how is this posting NOT just repeating gossip?

I think it's fair enough to post about these things if you are going to posit some kind of contextural argument - missing kids/racism in the media, the perniciousness of 'unnamed' sources, family dynamics, etc.

There is none of that here. It is merely free publicity for People magazine. Please tell me if I'm missing something.
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Diziet_Sma
01/28/09

@Diziet_Sma: or even a 'contextual' argument.
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PaintedTrollop
01/28/09

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Who fathered the child? I think the ugliness goes deep in this family - and it could have been Daddy.
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lalaland13
01/28/09

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There's some cruel irony that Casey's family wouldn't let her give up the baby for adoption (if I remember right), and so of course I think abortion was never an option. Not to say that all women who aren't allowed to abort end up like this-god no. It takes a special kind of sick and twisted. But it seems like this family had their priorities fucked up. "No, you can't adopt it or abort it! How would that look? No, instead, you're going to murder it, then we're going to help you cover it up so we can be on Nancy Grace."
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pandorasmittens
01/28/09

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Here's an idea: dump all of the effort generated into dissecting each and every minute detail of this child, and her family's, lives, into finding and convicting her MURDERER.

This isn't wondering whether Suri Cruise's fashion imitates Lindsay Lohan. This isn't gushing over the Jolie-Pitt twins. A child is DEAD, and her death should never be exploited to sell magazines.
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thebestofjillhives
01/28/09

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So did the anonymous source get paid by the juicy tidbit? Perhaps a percent return on the tear jerking factor? Maybe it was a standard hourly wage/lump sum. Guess they don't print that in the article. Journalism at its finest.
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jgh
01/28/09

@thebestofjilhives: People does not, and will not, ever pay for information.
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NefariousNewt
01/28/09

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Does any of this matter? The child is dead. No matter what route caused this poor, sweet, innocent girl to come to this end, bad family life or no, Casey Anthony has a lot to answer for. Even if she didn't kill Caylee (and the preponderance of evidence doesn't look good for Casey's innocence), it was her reckless life and disregard for her own daughter that led to this.
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BlondeGrlz
01/28/09

@NefariousNewt: I cling to a small hope that some teacher or neighbor or babysitter will read this and decide to report something they've had a bad feeling about before it's too late.
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NefariousNewt
01/28/09

@BlondeGrlz: Whatever it takes. But the lurid details of the Anthony family don't interest me -- finding Caylee's killer interests me. And I'm willing to bet the crime lab is going to discover the bits that put that duct tape in Casey Anthony's hands.

On a side note, that picture brings tears to my eyes every time. I even put it in a blog post, and now it's hard for me to read it.
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rocknrollunicorn
01/28/09

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Stories like this are the equivalent of rubbernecking. This explains nothing; as several have already pointed out, a dysfunctional and abusive family life does not always lead to murder.

It's kind of gross, and I bet a lot of people read this stuff and feel good about themselves afterwards. For feeling sympathy and for not being this family.
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Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka
01/28/09

@rocknrollunicorn: I read it, prepared to cringe, and was sort of like: Well, that can happen or happens in a lot of families.
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mamacrass
01/28/09

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I wonder if they'll address the rumor that Casey's brother was the little girl's father. Ugh, gross sentence.
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Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka
01/28/09

@mamacrass: I thought the father was already determined by recent paternity tests?
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R_Claw
01/28/09

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I would like to take a moment out to thank my therapist(s)!
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apteryxawl
01/28/09

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Why are people so fixated on this case? (This is not a rhetorical question.)
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Mama Penguino
01/28/09

@ApteryxAwl: I don't know because I avoid it at all costs. (Riiight, which is why I'm on this thread.) I should say I avoid all actual real news about this. But, my sister is on it to the extent she's sitting in front of Nancy Grace every night -- or whenever it's on -- and can't quit talking and thinking about it. Maybe it just strikes a chord with certain people. My sis is someone who gave up a child for adoption when she was 17, so maybe that's part of it?
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sportz.star
01/28/09

@ApteryxAwl: Because at least one reporter - Nancy Grace - is making it her primary focus and constantly reporting on it. Also, it's cute white girl who gets murdered by family. Happens all the time to small children, sadly, but they're not always cute and white. Those are the ones that get media attention.
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suck_it_monkeys
01/28/09

@ApteryxAwl: Okay, I will shamefacedly admit I have been pretty fascinated with this case. Mainly because it's really bizarre and not remotely straight-forward. I mean, Casey has told all these outrageous lies and stood by those lies even when confronted with the tru
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suck_it_monkeys
01/28/09

@Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: No, the testing ruled out some potential candidates, but they still don't know who her dad was.
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Slumdog_Mamabear
01/28/09

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I know several people (including my own mother) who suffered severe horrifying abuse as children. None of them killed their own children.
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PopCultureIsAFarce
01/28/09

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This situation is beyond sad, beyond heartbreaking, there are no words..... However I do believe that the whole family knows more than they're letting on. Let's just hope that Caylee can finally rest in peace....On another note Nancy Grace just needs to find a new case to fixate on.
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Hamsterpants
01/28/09

@PopCultureIsAFarce: Give her time. Some blonde white coed is bound to disappear soon.
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Trulymadlyme
01/28/09

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Jeez, this sounds like my family.

But you don't see any trulymadly's engaging in murder.
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Samanthrax
01/28/09

@trulymadlyme: Yet.
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R_Claw
01/28/09

@Samazon: JinX!
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Trulymadlyme
01/28/09

@Samazon: True, true. Things did get a little hairy over Christmas, but we all made it through alive.

Barely.
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Eleanor Ramilly
01/28/09

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This isn't any of our business.
Who is this source and why are they contacting people? It must be the defense that represents Casey, trying to paint her as a victim in a family of abuse. I know that's a silly hypothesis, but if it's not them, who is it? This is so sad and terrible, I wish they would let this little girl rest in peace.
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anonymiss
01/28/09

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it's nice to see how forcing someone to have a child they do not want and are not ready for really brings the family together.
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rosasparks
01/28/09

@anonymiss: Ouch, but wow, it is awful. This whole thing reads like a Conroy novel. Sigh.
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