Would you be a pen pal to a child killer? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Meridae'n · 07-15-2003, 01:50 AM

That may sound like a dumb question to most people, but there are of course people like that out there.

Susan Smith seeks pen pals...

From another article I read she got over 500 e-mails in response to the ad.

Who are these people?
Desperate men?
Lunatics/crazies?
Media, looking for an 'inside scoop'?
People willing to forgive her and open their hearts to her?

Would you be a pen-pal to her or any other murderer, (assuming you didn't know this person before they committed the murder)?

If you did have a friend who did something like this, would you write to them, or visit them in prison, or would you try to forget this person ever existed?

GoldenOuroboros · 07-15-2003, 03:09 AM

I'd prolly try and forget.

Peetster · 07-15-2003, 05:11 AM

People make mistakes. Sometimes they are big mistakes. If they recognize them as such, there is no reason why we can't try to offer them compassion.

Bill O'Rights · 07-15-2003, 05:42 AM

Y'know...I really don't know what I would do if it were someone that I personally knew. I don't know if I could get over the shock. I like to <b>think</b> that I would be a true friend and continue to maintain contact...but I honestly don't know if I could. This is going to require more soul searching than I have time to dedicate to it right now. I will have to consider it and get back. Good thought provoking thread though!

Psivage · 07-15-2003, 08:09 AM

Depends if I liked his kids or not.

rockogre · 07-15-2003, 08:17 AM

I think that she forgot to add deluded to her personal ad.

darkshade · 07-15-2003, 11:06 AM

jeez...i dont have any idea how i'd react, depends on how long ive known the person i guess

spectre · 07-15-2003, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rockogre
I think that she forgot to add deluded to her personal ad.

She also forgot psychotic.

crow_daw · 07-15-2003, 01:12 PM

I just don't think I could do that.

seretogis · 07-15-2003, 01:27 PM

I think you guys are being too harsh on her.

After all..

..she likes rainbows!

merkerguitars · 07-15-2003, 03:56 PM

Not if they are pyscho.......maybe if it was an accident...but thats a slight maybe.

Hard8s · 07-15-2003, 05:29 PM

The ones that I don't get are the women who fall in love with convicted killers and Marry them in prison. WTF is that all aboot? And how aboot all the women writing to Scott Peterson?? There's even a woman from prison who had killed her husband writing to him!

Slims · 07-15-2003, 07:16 PM

If it were I guy, I would probably just send him postcards:

Gay Pride flag w/ the note:

"Thinking of you big boy, hope you get out soon.
XOXOXO,
Stacy"

07-15-2003, 01:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Meridae'n Loose Cunt Location: North Bondi RSL	Would you be a pen pal to a child killer? That may sound like a dumb question to most people, but there are of course people like that out there. Susan Smith seeks pen pals... From another article I read she got over 500 e-mails in response to the ad. Who are these people? Desperate men? Lunatics/crazies? Media, looking for an 'inside scoop'? People willing to forgive her and open their hearts to her? Would you be a pen-pal to her or any other murderer, (assuming you didn't know this person before they committed the murder)? If you did have a friend who did something like this, would you write to them, or visit them in prison, or would you try to forget this person ever existed? __________________ What's easier to believe: that a guy was born without sex in the manner of several Greek demigods and grew up to be able to transmute liquids and alter his body density yet couldn't escape government execution, or that three freemasons in a vehicle made with aluminum foil in an era before digital technology escaped our atmosphere, landing on the moon, broadcasted from there, and then flew back without burning up?

07-15-2003, 03:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
GoldenOuroboros The Cheshire Grin... Location: An Aussie Outback	I'd prolly try and forget. __________________ Can you see me grin grin grrriiiiinnnning?!

07-15-2003, 05:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	Y'know...I really don't know what I would do if it were someone that I personally knew. I don't know if I could get over the shock. I like to <b>think</b> that I would be a true friend and continue to maintain contact...but I honestly don't know if I could. This is going to require more soul searching than I have time to dedicate to it right now. I will have to consider it and get back. Good thought provoking thread though! __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

07-15-2003, 08:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
rockogre I aim to misbehave! Location: SW Oklahoma	I think that she forgot to add deluded to her personal ad. __________________ Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American G. I. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom

07-15-2003, 01:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
crow_daw Idolator Location: Vol Country	I just don't think I could do that. __________________ "We each have a star, all we have to do is find it. Once you do, everyone who sees it will be blinded." - Earl Simmons

07-15-2003, 05:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
Peetster Right Now Location: Home	People make mistakes. Sometimes they are big mistakes. If they recognize them as such, there is no reason why we can't try to offer them compassion.

07-15-2003, 08:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
Psivage Psycho	Depends if I liked his kids or not.

07-15-2003, 11:06 AM	#7 (permalink)
darkshade Upright	jeez...i dont have any idea how i'd react, depends on how long ive known the person i guess

07-15-2003, 01:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
seretogis Huggles, sir? Location: Seattle	I think you guys are being too harsh on her. After all.. ..she likes rainbows! __________________ seretogis - sieg heil perfect little dream the kind that hurts the most, forgot how it feels well almost no one to blame always the same, open my eyes wake up in flames

07-15-2003, 03:56 PM	#11 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	Not if they are pyscho.......maybe if it was an accident...but thats a slight maybe. __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

07-15-2003, 05:29 PM	#12 (permalink)
Hard8s Addict Location: Wherever I am!	The ones that I don't get are the women who fall in love with convicted killers and Marry them in prison. WTF is that all aboot? And how aboot all the women writing to Scott Peterson?? There's even a woman from prison who had killed her husband writing to him! __________________ If ignorance is bliss, then wipe this smile off my face!

07-15-2003, 07:16 PM	#13 (permalink)
Slims Eccentric insomniac Location: North Carolina	If it were I guy, I would probably just send him postcards: Gay Pride flag w/ the note: "Thinking of you big boy, hope you get out soon. XOXOXO, Stacy" __________________ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence