You Think Nothing Else Will Shock You....

[Pramrider]

.....and then, BAM!!!, an article like this hits the news and you're once again shocked beyond belief!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080428/ap_on_re_eu/austria_captive_daughter

This guy had to really be mentally off to do these things, not only to his own flesh and blood daughter, but also to his little grandchildren he himself fathered by her over the years. All going on in the same building where other relatives lived and no one apparently had any idea what was happening almost literally under their noses. This report really makes me feel sick.

~Pramrider

 

[Lexa]

It is truly hard for me to believe that no one knew about this living in the same house. A real detective needs to be on the case and let them all have it.

 

[Pojo]

Jeez...24 years...That's a good deal of your life...

 

[Aidy]

Ok. I'm going to be a broken record.
Think nothing else will shock me? That does not shock me at all. What shocks me is that similar coinsurances that are continually happening aren't reported in our media. There are absolutely thousands of child prostitutes being locked underground in countries all around the world, mainly in Asia.
"one million children in Asia including Thailand, Philippines, and India, have been sold to brothels or street pimps for sexual exploitation." According to UNICEF
http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/11-10-2006/84991-child_prostitution-0

And yet we only focus on the ONE white person who has their liberty taken away in a developed country.

What would shock me was if this stuff was stopped.

 

[inquantum]

I've read it in the papers, and yes, it does shock me that some people can actually commit such hideous crimes. It is amazing at how we can proclaim to the entire world that we are clearly civilized, when our actions do not speak of it. Barely passable, in fact. We are marring the face of this earth, showing every other person in the world of our lesser nature.

I am saddened, truly, that someone can do this to their own daughter. Your own daughter, who is part of you, created from you. I guess that the limit of humanity does not have boundaries and people are capable of doing anything.

 

[diapeybabybrian]

"How is it possible that no one knew anything for 24 years?" asked Anita Fabian, a teacher in Amstetten. "This was not possible without accomplices."

It would ONLY be possible WITHOUT accomplices. If you are committing a crime of any sort, the more people you are involved with, the bigger chance you have of someone getting "pinched" and "ratting" you out.

In this case, this man had done this all by himself. That's probably why nobody found out about it, because this was a one man operation. The same thing happens with serial killers who wipe out 20-30 people over a period of 10-15 years...The victims have no motive other than sexual attraction (which makes it hard to place a suspect), and again, there is only one man in on it.

 

[PuddleFopsKit]

According to the article, Fritzl did act alone.. it says he "took care never to allow anyone near the cellar."

This has been on my news to, but I can't say it's really surprising.. sick, yes, but not surprising.

 

[Darkfinn]

The sad thing is this happens a lot more often than you think. I've heard stories of many "wild children" who are kept locked up... never toilet trained or educated... parents treat them like some sort of zoo exhibit.

There's still plenty of backwards folk here in the south... especially if you get up into the mountains on some back road. Things aren't as calm and civilised as they appear.

 

[Charlie]

It's a crazy world.
It saddens me that I didn't find it shocking. When I heard about it I assumed "twenty-odd years" meant she was kept from birth to twenty-odd, and was one of those wild-children (like that 14(?) year old that was found in America).
But she was 18 when she was captured so... I don't even know if that's worse or not. I wonder what her kids will be like, they probably got taught to walk and talk and stuff if they were with her, but they must live in strange world mentally now.

There's so many bad things happening out there...

Actually I'm surprised by how little I care about this story, I don't even feel sorry for her. I have no idea why either. I just feel annoyed.
Why do people do bad things like this?

 

[dogboy]

And of course there's the so called religious compound in Texas where girls are born, raised and then given to middle aged men to become their 13 yr. old wives. It's just a guise for pedophilia. And here the mothers of the girls were all complicit. If you saw them on t.v., you realize how spacey they were. I'm sure the authorities had a good idea as to what was going on, but until the phone call came, they didn't have probable cause to go in. Sometimes I just wonder about our country.

 

[Takashi]

Just.....sick, i'm shocked.

 

[inquantum]

Strange things happen in this world. Just view is disspassionately and you'll be fine.

Yes, it is a sick act. But not everyone in this world views it the same way yeah? The majority would view it as inhumane, but to a select few, well, you know...

 

[Pramrider]

Yes, it is a sick act.

.......and the sick acts just keep on coming to light.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_re_us/missing_girl_6

Guess I shouldn't be all that shocked anymore; these stories are becoming all too commonplace.

~Pramrider

 

[inquantum]

They all are. Funny thing is how people think violence would solve all issues.

I admit, my dad used to hit me because I bedwet and had trouble controlling my bladder when I was younger, and he walloped me with his belt buckle when I had trouble studying a certain subject. The final straw came when he woke up feeling grumpy and took it out upon me using an iron grate. I fought my way through and moved out. I couldn't be happier now. =)

My dad is a pretty good example. Of course, not that I resent him, all that much.

 

[Pramrider]

The final straw came when he woke up feeling grumpy and took it out upon me using an iron grate. I fought my way through and moved out.

Of course, not that I resent him, all that much.

Yikes, gogg3r!!! You're fortunate to be a survivor after that kind of abuse! I'm glad you got out in time before something serious happened to you, not that the abuse you received wasn't serious enough.

And I have to give you a lot of credit for not hating your dad after going through all you did. Shows a lot of character and forgiveness on your part. Hope he looks back at the things he did to you and feels remorse over them.

~Pramrider

 

[inquantum]

Haha. I realized that when I moved out with bruises all over my arms. I guess I was at a point when it was either him or me that dies if we continued to fight, or one backs off and move away.

The funny thing is, I may forgive him, but I would never forget the damage done. Call it holding a grudge, but I have no anger towards him though. I just treat him something akin to an accquaintance now. And remorse on his part? LOL. That is a laugh and a half. He still thinks he is right in walloping me up all the way.

Oh, and I should add, he was the one that literally forced me into the potty training mode when I wasn't ready. But hey, I like diapers. So it works out. =)