The Many Faces of Amanda

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Posted By: Dee2008 @ 07/15/2008 10:55:22 PM

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  Posted By: truth seeker. knowledge lover. @ 07/15/2008 11:16:47 PM

  I don't understand this whole "The US should be outraged stuff." How about all people regardless of nationality should be outraged that someone's life was ended intentionally and brutally. That is what angers me. It is also disturbing that you are more mad about someone having sex casually than than the girl was possibly homicidally violent. Have you ever considered that the problem with America is that we have out priorities screwe up.

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    Posted By: Dee2008 @ 07/15/2008 11:27:41 PM

    You want to jump on other brutal subjects, go ahead ..we can open a discussion some other days for those. But here's the thing. What happened to the British girl was horrible and tragic. Many in this discussion have said it, it was needless for me to repeat. It worries me that someday we will hear about such a story happening to someone in the future and we need to point out how to try to avoid having our children involved in problems like these. Of course the rest - the italian and Geude are involved and no one till now knows who killed the British girl- that we will leave up to the courts and hope that justice is brought - and that whoever is guilty will be punished for the murder they comitted, but if you track the root of how you get young people like Amanda Knox involved in disasters like these- you will go into a discussion and that is what we have been doing - nothing wrong with that. Others have already pointed out the obvious.

    • Posted By: truth seeker. knowledge lover. @ 07/15/2008 11:38:06 PM

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      That's cool, I think you are right. But I doubt that having a lot of casually sex is the cause of this brutality. The violence and lustful activities could stem from the same problem. Being sexually restrained your whole live and being taught that natural, common, healthy feelings are evil could result in a little mental damage.

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        Posted By: Dee2008 @ 07/15/2008 11:50:27 PM

        See comments I get in reply are too extreme.... I am not saying make your children mental ill..everything in life is in balance or should be done in balance. Too much of a good thing is bad. There may be virgins out there that commit crimes, who knows- the issue is that Knox had bad habits and therefore got involved with the wrong crowd. If those habits/signs had been captured by her parents earlier on who should have cared enough- then she wouldn't have turned into a violent person- assuming IF she is the one who murdered the British girl.

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          Posted By: truth seeker. knowledge lover. @ 07/16/2008 12:00:10 AM

          I understand the whole lay down with dogs get up with fleas argument. And I think it has its own certain brand of validity. And is the girl was getting involved with sexually violent people and was putting herself in danger then that is where she went wrong. But if she was getting involved with seven mentally healthy caring partners in one month, then I think that would be okay.
          And teaching moderation is important. I agree with you on that. But the point I am trying to make is that being a trollop does not make you a murderer or a sexual deviant. Everyone has that time in there life when they crave experience and need to much so that they can learn when enough is enough. Moderation is useful because it keeps things in balance like you have said. But a lesson must be lived in order to be learned.

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            Posted By: Dee2008 @ 07/16/2008 12:15:16 AM

            Although we agree on some points here, some lessons are just better to be avoided. You don't need to kill someone / have violent sex/ end up in prison to learn a great lesson in life. Some things are just better off to be avoided. She took it too far and mixed with the wrong people. From the obvious she had no balance in her life, just lost.

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              Posted By: truth seeker. knowledge lover. @ 07/16/2008 12:39:04 AM

              I didn't say you need to kill someone, have violent sex, or go to prison. I said that this girl went wrong in that way. But having too much healthy casual sex is a lack of moderation. And to find what moderation is we go overboard, realize we have done so, and more importantly why doing so is not okay. One of the reasons being that sex is spiritual, and opening up your self and letting another person become apart of you, can exhaust your sexuality and spirituality and make sex mundane, and pointless. So you back off and practice moderation now knowing why you do so. We are social creatures. We have our personalities because of our interaction with other people. ( not the time or place for a sociology lesson but look it up and read about the scientific studies and email me at im_just_mary84@yahoo.com and we'll have discussions because I know you'll disagree with me) We are meant to combine socially, mentally, emotionally, and physically. I am not a Christian but I do believe in God, though not in nearly the same way you think of him I'm sure. But we are the way we are not because it is evil, but because we are meant to be. I'm not talking about murder here, that is abnormal. I am just talking about normal sex and normal sexual impulse.

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                Posted By: smartone @ 07/16/2008 4:56:30 PM

                Good argument but one can argue that personalities are a combination of our genes and sociological influences. In essence, our genes and the way we are raised by one's family will override outside negative influences. I know right from wrong and I know that I would not subject myself to be manipulated into killing someone or to have sex with 7 different men in 3 months. Not everyone practice spirituality.