I agree. I am not saying that NG is making great choices. I am just defending her against those saying she should have these suicides on her conscience. I don't agree with that position at all.
But should she show a bit more compassion and understanding, of course. But as I said earlier, until someone else does a 5 night a week show devoted to missing kids and murder victims, i am going to respect her for doing so herself. And sadly, unless she creates some drama and hyperbole, she would probably go off the air.
So....if you were part of publicly ridiculing, bashing and blaming (regardless of whether or not they were guilty) someone for something, and that person later went on to commit suicide, and that persons family said that YOUR comments devastated them, you would feel absolutely no remorse or twinge of conscience for your actions???
And I'm not talking about whether or not they committed any crime or wrong doing. I'm talking about you, as a person (not you really in this sense, just using "you" as a generic term) -- YOU would not feel any personal responsibility?? If you don't, then that means that you (again, not you, personally) are a hard-hearted callous person...a bully, really.
It would mean that you're saying, "Hey, so, I said those things...so what? So they committed suicide...wah, wah, wah." Is that really the type of person you are, really??? Are you that jaded and cruel???
The mom's family said that NG's comments devastated her. None of us will ever know if NG's comments played any role in her decision to commit suicide. I'm just saying, as I've maintained from the start, that I wouldn't want that on my conscience, personally....I wouldn't want any hint of "my comments (along with other factors) could have driven a person to kill themselves..."
I could totally see this woman, having made a horrible decision to drink, that then resulted in the death of her child, being consumed with guilt, and having a host of other emotional or addiction issues going on, being pushed over the edge through a combination of her own self-hatred and the scorn of the public, and committing suicide. And if my actions contributed to that in any way, I'd feel terrible. It's called having a conscience -- your know -- that little voice inside your head that holds you personally responsible for your actions, and how they affect others??
