tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post8674826180535510996..comments2023-12-27T16:41:07.438-05:00Comments on Suldog: Unfortunate Ruminations Of The DaySuldoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-50657415334632427932013-08-25T18:53:47.958-04:002013-08-25T18:53:47.958-04:00I remember sitting at work years ago, reading a ne...I remember sitting at work years ago, reading a newspaper article about a veterinarian who had shot his 5-year-old nephew over a land dispute (aiming for his brother-in-law, but that doesn't make it better.) It turned out to be our former veterinarian, the one our puppies loved, who had offered me a job, and who we would travel out of our way to continue seeing even after we moved 20 miles away...until his office closed and we weren't sure where he had moved to. It was a jaw-dropping shock to me that he was capable of this. So I understand a little bit how you felt, although I think from your relationship with the political activist-new father, the punch in your gut must have been way harder. So very, very sad and totally un-understandable. Prayers for his family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-69939559562125054462013-08-25T11:01:12.942-04:002013-08-25T11:01:12.942-04:00What an awful discovery. It's a difficult rea...What an awful discovery. It's a difficult realization that those around us are capable of such deplorable acts. I'm not sure any of us has the mental capacity to accept that each of us could be pushed to the limit and do ..... something ..... that is so violent. Why his son along with himself? I just can't accept it. <br />The rapist/murderer may have experienced an abusive childhood, but I can't give him a pass as a result. Still, how awful. Three Hundred Sixty Fivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09207508798895006330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-85385911443625664022013-08-24T08:40:02.548-04:002013-08-24T08:40:02.548-04:00I'm not sure what to say to this. The rapist w...I'm not sure what to say to this. The rapist who is accused of murder should be incarcerated, and kept away from causing more heartbreak and harm, but is it his fault that he did this? Did he have an abused and unhappy childhood and carried this "chip on his shoulder" as you put it on into his adult life? So sad. And the man who killed his son and then himself..... a mental breakdown, a sudden derangement, a descent into hell..... he had a reason, but what an unfathomable tragedy. Makes me want to cry.Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-13864152851665240932013-08-23T18:43:28.472-04:002013-08-23T18:43:28.472-04:00Wow, I'm not sure there are really any words o...Wow, I'm not sure there are really any words other than to say I'm truly sorry to read about all of this sadness. And that I'm very, very sorry for your loss.Jenn Flynn-Shonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441834864191292424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-71886538005759724182013-08-23T06:09:46.711-04:002013-08-23T06:09:46.711-04:00I have had to deal with something similar recently...I have had to deal with something similar recently - the hardest part is that despite overwhelming evidence of the crimes, people that know him are not allowed to see the evidence and continue to think we must have it wrong because he is normal and part of their lives and how on earth could he be all the police are saying that he is without them knowing it. The sad fact is that there are many normal, pleasant people who are capable of lies, deceitful acts, depraved acts and potentially murder that might have no conscience or remorse. Sometimes the mask slips a little and we get a brief flash of something that disturbs us momentarily, but we assume we got it wrong.<br />We seem to think that monsters should look how we think they should look.<br />You really don't know people as well as you think you do - even when you live with them. Fi from Four Paws and Whiskershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11217307759511472654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-2380096364894159472013-08-22T10:39:12.429-04:002013-08-22T10:39:12.429-04:00So, so, sad :(So, so, sad :(Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505134228454833619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-66657373904448706892013-08-22T09:31:55.572-04:002013-08-22T09:31:55.572-04:00I'm so sorry. I can only imagine the sense of ...I'm so sorry. I can only imagine the sense of shock and grief you must be feeling. What a jolt to the heart.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-49946488322460223892013-08-22T09:18:57.596-04:002013-08-22T09:18:57.596-04:00Wow. This might not be the point, but that is one ...Wow. This might not be the point, but that is one awesome, powerful piece of writing.Lilhttp://haphazardlife.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-9307034279914677272013-08-22T07:23:23.824-04:002013-08-22T07:23:23.824-04:00Some things are shocking. A friend of my wife and ...Some things are shocking. A friend of my wife and I is now serving a life term in the Oklahoma state pen for first degree murder. The son in law of a cousin killed himself just a few weeks ago. Shocking stuff.Yogi♪♪♪https://www.blogger.com/profile/00411274031147372579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-20444142794082554402013-08-22T01:04:47.509-04:002013-08-22T01:04:47.509-04:00Your friend must be going through such a difficult...Your friend must be going through such a difficult time. I wish he had turned to somebody before taking this extreme step. I wish he had not done it. Absolut Ruinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02786955215978419429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-28962911348247660382013-08-21T23:02:11.653-04:002013-08-21T23:02:11.653-04:00I can only say that I have never had to digest sim...I can only say that I have never had to digest similar information about those I've known and loved, and I am MOST thankful for that.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-26606686664760206912013-08-21T21:15:43.084-04:002013-08-21T21:15:43.084-04:00Yup. I think that Chesterton once said that Origi...Yup. I think that Chesterton once said that Original Sin was the most empirically obvious of all the doctrines of Christianity. . .<br /><br />A former Little League teammate of mine is behind bars for the rest of his life for killing his wife. And a man who had been a friend of ours, whose kids played with our kids, did time for molesting little girls (not ours, as best we've been able to discern). . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-55729843088139257052013-08-21T20:40:20.175-04:002013-08-21T20:40:20.175-04:00Shocking news is just that... shocking. How we dig...Shocking news is just that... shocking. How we digest it and use it in our own lives to become a better person is what's important.Michelle H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10117937124348728578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-48813723749734240602013-08-21T18:59:31.729-04:002013-08-21T18:59:31.729-04:00So much sadness is in this weary world.
The rap...So much sadness is in this weary world. <br /><br />The rapist i have sympathy for the child he was, as he was probably abused and taught violence, but not the man he became because once grown, he could have chosen to get help and go a different path. <br /><br />The other man, well, who knows what sudden mental hurt or illness causes a life to change that way? May he and his son rest in peace.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-6250059346827563362013-08-21T16:42:15.932-04:002013-08-21T16:42:15.932-04:00I am so very sorry to read about your friend. The ...I am so very sorry to read about your friend. The rapist just sounds like a creep, but the man who was your friend does not sound like that. I would suspect his behaviour was caused by a mental storm of some kind. Depression, maybe - not something anyone should be blamed for. Depression can transform normal life into something threatening. He might have thought he was protecting his son from harm, putting him somewhere he could not be hurt further. Then, realising what he had done, killed himself. I had a family member who killed himself, to save, as he thought, others from having to deal with him. <br /><br /><br /> <br />Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-37150833819209192302013-08-21T14:36:04.680-04:002013-08-21T14:36:04.680-04:00oh dear..I am reeling and so sad about the ballpla...oh dear..I am reeling and so sad about the ballplayer killed.....what a waster all 4 sandylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12964444746779557000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-53647048712941873622013-08-21T13:46:23.387-04:002013-08-21T13:46:23.387-04:00I just discovered that a man I once loved was arre...I just discovered that a man I once loved was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault. <br /><br />Sometimes, we don't know WHAT to do with the information we have...<br /><br />PearlPearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-28800159257968042982013-08-21T13:31:35.437-04:002013-08-21T13:31:35.437-04:00This really hit home with me...the hardest thing I...This really hit home with me...the hardest thing I ever did while on the job was locking up a beloved relative and then having to call his family to tell them where he was and why he wouldn't be coming home...when the act of violence is cdv your shock doubles because you would never believe he was abusing his wife and children...he just did not seem the type...it just proves that we never know people the way their families may know them. Things like this make me glad to be retired...I am no longer privy to people I know and love's inner dark secrets...Sandi McBridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033518416111957858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-81519291875202882242013-08-21T12:36:28.570-04:002013-08-21T12:36:28.570-04:00I don't think I can add anything to what the S...I don't think I can add anything to what the Sarge says.<br />Your eloquence is truly a gift and you have a broad range.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-64654758663504253932013-08-21T11:58:37.018-04:002013-08-21T11:58:37.018-04:00Sometimes the story itself is the point. As a good...Sometimes the story itself <b>is</b> the point. As a good writer, you just put it out there and let your readers discern their own point from it. This, to me, is one of those "There, but for the Grace of God..." stories.<br /><br />And Suldog, you're an awesome writer.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com