AL Teen Missing in Aruba - Page 16

MysticCat · #**226** 11-23-2010, 09:50 AM

Why do I feel like I wandered into the Argument Clinic?

DrPhil · #**227** 11-23-2010, 10:14 AM

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Why do I feel like I wandered into the Argument Clinic?

Is that your way of saying that you feel as though people were picking a pointless "argument" in this thread?

MysticCat · #**228** 11-23-2010, 10:20 AM

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Is that your way of saying that you feel as though people were picking a pointless "argument" in this thread?

It's my way of commenting on people arguing about whether they're having an argument -- particularly certain people denying that they're having an argument.

Ghostwriter · #**229** 11-23-2010, 11:07 AM

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This is some internet drama, because I had the audacity to challenge your opinion?

I think it is because you are the fourth from the left.

DrPhil · #**230** 11-23-2010, 11:17 AM

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I think it is because you are the fourth from the left.

And, as always, Ghostwriter comes late to ride someone's nuts and fight a battle that is already over.

DrPhil · #**231** 11-23-2010, 11:21 AM

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It's my way of commenting on people arguing about whether they're having an argument -- particularly certain people denying that they're having an argument.

This made me dizzy. LOL.

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I don't understand (well, I do, and that's what the last pages of this thread have been about) all of the articles announcing that there will be an announcement this afternoon, but here goes:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_1...72-504083.html

agzg · #**232** 11-23-2010, 11:31 AM

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And, as always, Ghostwriter comes late to ride someone's nuts and fight a battle that is already over.

Lollerskates.

Also, I really freaking hate Nancy Grace. Like, a whole lot. That's neither here nor there in NH's case though.

DrPhil · #**233** 11-23-2010, 11:34 AM

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Lollerskates.

Also, I really freaking hate Nancy Grace. Like, a whole lot. That's neither here nor there in NH's case though.

Has Nancy Grace been talking about Natalee Holloway a lot? I thought she was obsessed with this case (and other cases). I haven't watched or listened to her in a while so I don't know if she's still covering this case.

(I never liked Nancy Grace's original show or her new court show. I could rant about that in another thread. LOL.)

Tulip86 · #**234** 11-23-2010, 11:35 AM

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I don't understand (well, I do, and that's what the last pages of this thread have been about) all of the articles announcing that there will be an announcement this afternoon, but here goes:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_1...72-504083.html

They're presenting as we speak. One of my friends is a forensic researcher and is at the presentation (but doesn't work on the case)

On a different note, I find it weird they still call Aruba a Dutch Island. It's like calling Scotland English.

agzg · #**235** 11-23-2010, 11:37 AM

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Has Nancy Grace been talking about Natalee Holloway a lot? I thought she was obsessed with this case (and other cases). I haven't watched or listened to her in a while so I don't know if she's still covering this case.

(I never liked Nancy Grace's original show or her new court show. I could rant about that in another thread. LOL.)

I'm not really sure - I sort of tuned out during her first frenzy over this case but I decided never to watch it again when I saw the way she treated Elizabeth Smart in an interview (not related to this case).

I can't see how she wouldn't be, though.

Also, and this is a sidenote, I really don't feel like NH's mom should have gone to see Joran in jail, and I really feel like it shouldn't have been televised. I can't imagine that the media attention is having positive effects, at this point, which makes me really sad.

Tulip86 · #**236** 11-23-2010, 11:40 AM

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Also, and this is a sidenote, I really don't feel like NH's mom should have gone to see Joran in jail, and I really feel like it shouldn't have been televised. I can't imagine that the media attention is having positive effects, at this point, which makes me really sad.

She and the guy who helped her (a much-hated Dutch TV reporter) are being sued for going in there because it was an illegal action that threatens the case against Joran.

agzg · #**237** 11-23-2010, 11:41 AM

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She and the guy who helped her (a much-hated Dutch TV reporter) are being sued for going in there because it was an illegal action that threatens the case against Joran.

Ah, I didn't see that (sounds heartless, but on the whole this case doesn't really interest me).

I saw the teasers on the news and I was like "Really? This seemed like a good idea to you people?"

DrPhil · #**238** 11-23-2010, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by agzg

Also, and this is a sidenote, I really don't feel like NH's mom should have gone to see Joran in jail, and I really feel like it shouldn't have been televised. I can't imagine that the media attention is having positive effects, at this point, which makes me really sad.

It is a spectacle. A spectacle to which only certain demographics of people are able to subject others to.

Show me a distraught and desperate family that is of lower socioeconomic status and/or racial and ethnic minority and I'll show "you" a distraught and desperate family that wouldn't receive as much media attention and definitely wouldn't be able to meet the accused, outside of a courtoom/criminal justice system context, and have it televised.

Tulip86 · #**239** 11-23-2010, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by agzg

Ah, I didn't see that (sounds heartless, but on the whole this case doesn't really interest me).

I saw the teasers on the news and I was like "Really? This seemed like a good idea to you people?"

The case doesn't interest me that much either but Joran lived in the Netherlands for a while so Natalee's mum insist on going on Dutch TV a much as she can, and the aforementioned TV reporter is more than willing to give her a platform.

DrPhil · #**240** 11-23-2010, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Tulip86

They're presenting as we speak. One of my friends is a forensic researcher and is at the presentation (but doesn't work on the case)

On a different note, I find it weird they still call Aruba a Dutch Island. It's like calling Scotland English.

Thank you. It isn't on CNN right now, so I guess I'll catch it later.

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She and the guy who helped her (a much-hated Dutch TV reporter) are being sued for going in there because it was an illegal action that threatens the case against Joran.

Good.

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