Pdog wrote on Sep 26
th, 2009 at 3:24pm:
Are any of you really qualified or experienced enough to make these judgement calls you're making...???
I understand what she is saying, b/c I too experienced drug addiction and incest in my life... I wasn't ashamed of the sexual experience, I was ashamed b/c I enjoyed it after I it became routine and often and then, later, when I knew better I didn't do anything about it or stop it!!!
People who get to hear that message right now, who are in the grips of that shit right now or have lived with it in silence for a long time, may be helped. This has nothing to do with her Dad... He was a sick man too, like many, he was at one time possibly a victim, and went to the grave with his shame and guilt. She's is carrying a postive message, you just do not see it, take it into account when you approach this topic, much easier to judge others, than discern the truth of ourselves!!!
I understand, believe and respect what you are saying about the effects of the various forms of abuse on children. Nevertheless, just because mackenzie said he did it, and Denny Doherty's daughter said he did it, that does not mean he did it.
In the United States we are presumed innocent untill proven guilty, and are entitled to a fair trial, and to face our accusers face to face in a court room.
I am not saying he did it, or he didnt do it. All Im saying is maybe it would have been better left in the privacy of the psychiatrists office, or at the Survivors meeting, rather than all over the media, as he is dead, and unable to defend himself.
The truth is, if he did not do it, these are absolutely horrible accusations.
Unfortunately, because there seems to be so much commercial incentive at this time, with the book and appearance on Celebrity Rehab, the profit motive appears to be accompanying the positive message she is trying to convey. The appearance of profit motive is clouding the issue.