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PE (no login)
Posted Oct 2, 2005 2:22 PM
I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE FROM PARKRIDGE THAT HARRY FOUND SOME SOLACE WITH. I SPENT PLENTY OF TIME WITH HARRY AND WROTE TO HIM AT THE CITADEL.I KNEW OF HARRY'S TROUBLES AT SCHOOL AND AT HOME, BUT DID NOT SPEND ANYTIME IN HIS HOME. HOWEVER HE SPENT MANY HOURS AT MINE. I KNEW HIS FATHER WAS STRICT SO WE STAYED AWAY. I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT HE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE BRINGING ANYONE TO HIS HOUSE. HE WAS NOTHING BUT KIND TO ME AND MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. I ALWAYS GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT HE JUST WANTED TO BE PART OF A GROUP OF FRIENDS, TO JUST FIND A PLACE TO FIT IN.HE WROTE ME OF HIS CONCERNS FOR RONNIE AND THE TERRIBLE TREATMENT AT THE CITADEL, AS A MATTER OF FACT I NEVER THRU OUT THOSE LETTERS. I'VE READ THE BOOK, HOWEVER I WAS YOUNGER AT THE TIME OF THIS TRAGEDY AND WAS CONSTANTLY BOTHERED BY REPORTERS. MY FIRST INITIAL THOUGHTS WERE THAT NOWAY COULD HARRY HAVE EVER DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS... I AM SADENED BY THE WHOLE THING AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT HARRY EVER GOT A FAIR TRIAL. HE WAS GUILTY BEFORE HE WAS EVEN ARRESTED. HOW SAD IT IS THAT A YOUNG BOY WHO TRIES TO MAKE FRIENDS AND FIT IN IS CONSTANTLY PUT DOWN AND MADE TO FEEL LIKE A DOG AND THEN TO GO HOME AND NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT SYSTEM THERE EITHER. IT AMAZES ME HOW SUCH AN UPSTANDING TOWN AS MONTVALE, DIDN'T HAVE A SCHOOL SYTEM STRONG ENOUGH TO GET THIS BOY THE HELP HE NEEDED, AND DON'T TELL ME THE SCHOOL HAD NO IDEA. I CAN ONLY SAY THAT I'M NOT SURE THAT JAIL WAS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR HARRY, OR EVEN IF HE DID COMMIT THESE HORRIBLE CRIMES. DNA WAS NOT LIKE IT IS TODAY BACK THEN!!!! HARRY NEEDED HELP AS WELL AS HIS FAMILY NEEDED HELP, BUT NOONE WAS THERE TO TAKE CONTROL, AND GET HELP FOR THIS FAMILY. I'M SURE THE REST OF THE EXTENTED FAMILY KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT, BUT BACK THEN I GUESS PEOPLE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN OTHER PEOPLES PRIVATE BUSINESS... WHAT A SHAME THERE IS SO MUCH AVAILABLE THESE DAYS THRU THE SCHOOLS AND TOWNS AND CHURCHES, THAT IF THEY HAD THAT STUFF BACK THEN THIS FAMILY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE HELP THEY NEEDED AND BE HAPPY FUNCTIONING PEOPLE? I HOPE HARRY HAS FOUND A WAY OF COPING WITH HIS SITUATION AND HAS FOUND SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO HELP HIM COME TO TERMS WITH ALL OF THIS, BECAUSE ROTTING AWAY IN JAIL COULD ONLY ADD INSULT TO INJURY. Y QUESTION IS WHY A MOVIE NOW? AND HOW DOES HARRY FEEL ABOUT IT IF HE EVEN KNOWS? MY PRAYERS ARE WITH HIM AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN SINCE I'VE NEVER BEEN TOTALLY CONVINCED HE WAS GUILTY, AT LEAST THE HARRY I KNOW, PLUS THE MIND IS A COMPLICATED AND FRAGILE THING, WHAT ONE PERSON CAN ENDURE IS NOT THE SAME AS WHAT A DIFFERENT PERSON CAN ENDURE! |
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