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Post by nola on Apr 15, 2013 4:58:50 GMT -8
This is so silly! First of all, it's a completely different time of day, so the sun is in a different place, casting light on her hair in a different way. Secondly, the first shot is less focused than the second, another reason why her hair appears "shinier" in the second. The first picture also appears to be mid-action, or it's windy or something, so her hair is moving back off her face. As someone with long, layered brown hair, I can tell you it looks completely different at different points in the day - the part changes and everything, depending on how I push it back to get it out of my face. Also, she has a hair band on her wrist, as I often do, which means that at some point she could've put it back in a ponytail or bun, which also changes the look of long, layered hair once it's down again. Regardless of what you believe (that this is a real girl who is incredibly distraught over her sister's murder vs. that she's a vain actress who visited a hair stylist in the middle of the day), this is a ridiculous, baseless line of "investigation", and common sense will tell you long hair changes a lot throughout the day.
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Post by nola on Mar 31, 2013 13:28:38 GMT -8
Hey Timeforachange, thanks for shedding some light and lending an air of rationality to these boards. I think that human error was probably the main reason for the discrepancies that are leading to all the crazy theories, and good for you for calling the authorities and media on the possible mistakes and misreporting. I'm sorry for what your family and especially your nephew are going through. But there have been several extremely rude and whacky questions and comments on here, so much so that at least one of the moms has given up on responding. So I can see SHDad's frustration too!
You mentioned you don't think Lanza acted alone - I'm wondering what forms the basis of this feeling? I'm really not trying to be a smart ass, I'm honestly wondering if you and others actually connected to Newtown and Sandy Hook have heard information the general public has not. I've just heard so much wild conjecturing on here and elsewhere, and so far nothing has been put forth that has any basis in reality. It would be great if we could one day hear from the adult survivors of Sandy Hook (the ones who were shot and came face to face with Lanza), because that's really the only valid factual information on what happened that day.
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Post by nola on Mar 31, 2013 9:54:04 GMT -8
It's funny that CSI is mentioned - I've worked on CSI in props and set decoration. If this was all some kind of grand production or "drill" don't you think professionals would have been hired to make everything seamless so you couldn't tell it was fabricated?? The fact is, what happened there was so horrific that errors in responding to and reporting what happened occurred - it's called human error! Most people have only seen horrors like this in movies and television, and this has tainted our ability to discern reality from fiction. We think we're all CSIs now I guess!
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Post by nola on Mar 31, 2013 9:53:43 GMT -8
It's funny that CSI is mentioned - I've worked on CSI in props and set decoration. If this was all some kind of grand production or "drill" don't you think professionals would have been hired to make everything seamless so you couldn't tell it was fabricated?? The fact is, what happened there was so horrific that errors in responding to and reporting what happened occurred - it's called human error! Most people have only seen horrors like this in movies and television, and this has tainted our ability to discern reality from fiction. We think we're all CSIs now I guess!
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Post by nola on Mar 31, 2013 9:41:46 GMT -8
For me, there is no evidence more factual than the accounts of people who experienced this terrible tragedy. What happened to your community is so horrific that I really wish it WASN'T true, but all the actual evidence points in the direction that it did happen, it is true, and it's sad that there are people who live in an alternate reality where it's okay to dispute survivors' accounts with ridiculous youtube videos because of whatever bizarre agenda they have.
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Post by nola on Mar 31, 2013 6:59:53 GMT -8
Oh I've read and re-read the comments with people calling Robbie Parker a "lie-ing [sic] s*thead" and many other things, and I am referring to those people. I'm not talking about people asking questions, I'm responding to the people who feel its fine to call grieving people awful names and call them actors and liars. I was very clear about what I take issue with - I've seen this forum get really ugly - if you're not a part of the ugliness, then you shouldn't be so disturbed and offended by what I said. And I'm not the only one who has noticed the ugliness - one of the SH parents has signed off because she's tired of people accusing her community of being liars and actors and money-schemers by people who weren't there and aren't suffering through the enormous grief and terror that they're suffering through. If you saw yourself in my comments, that's your problem.
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Post by nola on Mar 31, 2013 5:29:05 GMT -8
Kate - I want to thank you for coming here and giving your time. My heart goes out to you and the other families of Newtown in your time of grief. You've been incredibly honest and patient here. Just know that there are so many people in this country who stand with you and wish you and your children nothing but peace and goodwill.
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Post by nola on Mar 31, 2013 4:55:42 GMT -8
The evidence: that eye witnesses - survivors and first responders - identified him as the shooter. But I suppose you all know more than people who were actually there - lol. And yes, I get that calling out people as judgmental is a judgmental thing to do - what a vicious circle! But I can look at myself in the mirror because at least I'm not judging good people who are in pain. There's a difference between judging the perpetrators of a crime and the victims - the hatred you all are spewing out is criminal, in a moralistic sense.
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Post by nola on Mar 30, 2013 22:15:29 GMT -8
I personally think it's disgusting the way people are judging the Patkers. My heart goes out to them and all the people who lost loved ones, as well as the parents whose children lost their innocence and sense of safety that day. I wonder how many of you people judging these people whose children were massacred consider yourself Christian, because if you do, you are going as far from the teachings of Christ as you can get. Even if you're not religious, the way you are treating these people goes against every moral code known to man. I find it interesting that you have so many evil, awful things to say about the Parkers, who are going through catastrophic loss, and then at the same time you say you're just "searching for truth" and you're making all these efforts to "exonerate" a mass murderer when there is no valid evidence whatsoever that he did not do these terrible crimes. You are no better than Holocaust apologists - or the types of people who worship serial killers. I believe in kindness and compassion, so I'll extend that compassion to you and pray for you all, because you all must have gone through some dark, evil things to have such hatred in your hearts.
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Post by nola on Mar 27, 2013 17:23:23 GMT -8
Justin Timberlake, Drake and Lil Wayne are into owls too? Wow, this all goes so much deeper than I thought!
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Post by nola on Mar 27, 2013 16:09:22 GMT -8
I've no interest in taking a trip to Crazytown, thanks. Guess I'm happy enough in the Matrix.
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Post by nola on Mar 27, 2013 10:14:27 GMT -8
Seriously, where are people going with the "exposé" of owls being everywhere?! This is a "line of questioning/investigation" that is supposed to be taken seriously? Is it an Illuminati thing or something? Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar (and an owl is just an owl). Evil is afoot and "all the owls" are a clue? You're seeing a winking owl in the layout of a golf course and it's some big conspiracy - maybe you also saw the silhouette of a crying Jesus on a grilled cheese sandwich? As a set decorator, I can tell you that owls are on everything right now, just like for the past few years putting a bird on something made it artsy and quaint. There is no big conspiracy afoot with the owls, but paranoid schizophrenia is real, and if you're seeing satanism in an owl you might want to get psychiatric help...
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Post by nola on Mar 26, 2013 7:52:30 GMT -8
Just want to say that paranoid schizophrenia and manic depression are awful, torturous mental illnesses to have, and I have real compassion for people that suffer from them. Oftentimes, medication doesn't work, and sometimes even makes the situation worse. Every day I pray that the people that suffer from these illnesses get the help they need and are able to stabilize, before they do real harm to themselves and/or others. Sandy Hook is a tragic example of what happens when mentally unstable people don't get the help they so desperately need, AND have access to weapons.
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Post by nola on Mar 26, 2013 6:59:57 GMT -8
I think some people here have worked themselves up into such a paranoid state that they have taken the idea of "question everything," strapped it to their bodies, and jumped off a cliff with it. Whether the SH parents are who they say they are (I personally believe they are), must we digress to the level of questioning people's parenting? That's so low. I think a lot of us are here because first and foremost, we ARE parents, and we're deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of our children. I know I post when my child is asleep, or I'm on a work break and my child is at daycare. Seems like the tone on here (this thread AND others) is getting pretty ugly, judgmental, accusatory and cruel. It's sad.
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Post by nola on Mar 24, 2013 15:51:21 GMT -8
I just think it's awful to judge people who are going through such a horrible ordeal. That's my personal opinion. I can't speculate on how I would behave if I lost my daughter, who is everything to me, because I don't want to even imagine that reality! I have nothing but compassion for the parents who lost their little ones, and for the parents whose children experienced such a terrible, horrific thing. Question the Medical Examiner, fine. The authorities, whatever. But I feel the parents and other grieving families should be off limits.
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