Well, yall I see it like this. People are more apt to get over the fact that you murdered someone rather than the fact that you molested, exploited, or abused (physically or sexually) a CHILD. Now BOTH crimes are unfathomable to me also. But I guess that I would haveto say that murder is like the lesser of two evils. Molesting, exploiting, and sexually or physically abusing children is like TABOO to MOST people regardless of race, relgion, gender, etc. I just know that I wouldn't want to be labeled as a child molester under ANY circumstance whatsoever. Now Librasoul22, I'm not going to say that I WOULDN'T kill anyone. It all depends on the circumstances. If someone is trying to kill ME, then I'm going for the JUGULAR.
I'm also a MOTHER and WIFE. Now if someone is trying to harm or harms my family (more specifically my CHILDREN...my husband can more than likely defend himself), then it's NO HOLDS BARRED!!!
Hey, TLaw, MANY people are starting to change their minds about what's going to happen to R. Kelly. I noticed in one article that his lawyers are now saying that they are going to prove that THE GIRL IN THE VIDEO IS NOT A MINOR. Now my thoughts are this: If he's saying that he's not the man in the video, WHY would his lawyers be focusing on whether the girl is a minor or not. I mean it's like they're NOW saying, "Okay, it IS R. Kelly in the video, but we're going to prove that he wasn't messing with a 14-year-old."
Now what's THAT all about?
ANOTHER thing is that I noticed on the AKA forum that there are quite a few people who are upset that Sparkle was the one who turned over the tape. Well, I'll say THIS: Let's say Sparkle (OR Aliyah's uncle) WAS the one who turned in the tape. I believe that someone HAD to help her get to the tape in the FIRST place. I think that SOMEONE in R. Kelly's CLOSE, CLOSE circle of "friends" had to actually get their hands on that tape. I feel this way because, to MY knowledge, Sparkle and Aliyah's uncle were not up in R. Kelly's home like that. They didn't have access to his stuff. It HAD to be someone who was in and out of his home on a REGULAR basis. It HAD to be someone who KNEW where he kept stuff because I doubt that he kept these tapes with his other tapes or on the table in the family room (if you know what I mean).
It HAD to be someone who would be able to get to his stuff without suspicion. Another thought is that it HAD to be someone who KNEW that he was doing these young girls. I don't think that Sparkle (or Aliyah's uncle) actually KNEW that he was messing with young girls. And even if they DID know about it, I doubt that they knew that he was making tapes of his encounters. SOMEONE had to give Sparkle, Alyiah's uncle, or WHOEVER turned that tape in the scoop on what was going on. I REALLY feel that it was one of his "BOYZ". What do you guys think?