"Of course, from the video we've seen, Joran looks guilty."
There's probably a very simple explanation for that.
"My suspicions were aroused immediately when I heard that a dead girl was found in Joran Van Der Sloot's room, on the exact five year anniversary of Natalee's disapperance."My suspicions were aroused when I read news reports that a dead girl was found in the hotel room of a person who was a suspect in a previous murder, and whom had been voluntarily on camera several times 'confessing' to her murder.
"Yes, I'm prejudiced here, just as most people who already thought Joran had escaped justice in the Holloway case are prejudiced, too."I am sure there other people here, like myself, who do not consider themselves to be 'prejudiced', and who weren't following the NH case that closely at the time, and weren't emotionally involved in a certain outcome because we weren't writing books that would depend on that outcome being proven.
"Miost posters here, and most people in general, are looking for things to justify their predisposed antipathy towards Joran, which was fed and fueled for five years by Nancy Grace, JVM, Geraldo, etc. "
It's never good to generalize, because it often makes you wrong. I do not watch NG, have no idea who JVM is, and do not watch Geraldo, because I think their shows are more about ratings and sensationalism than anything else. I do not have a 'predisposed' antipathy towards Joran- I have contempt for people who lie to authorities and the media, and who admit that they are compulsive liars. I also don't have a lot of respect for people who say the rude things he said about a dead girl and her mother. Doesn't prove guilt, but it also didn't endear him to me.
"He looked totally clean (and unmarked from the struggle Stephany put up against him) when he left."As would anyone who had taken a shower and changed their clothing. Not to mention, it's unlikely that anyone who suffered major head trauma within 30 minutes of entering the room (according to Joran) would have inflicted much physical damage to their attacker while they lie dying. The video clearly shows a change in clothing. That can't be explained away by some sneaky FBI informant slipping in and changing his clothes for him. Doesn't sound like a conspiracy that often when people change their clothes they do it after showering, so as not to put clean clothes on a dirty body, even if they haven't just killed someone.
" It's just that my thoughts and speculation run contrary to the majority of opinions here."Actually, I think it's more that your thoughts and speculations run contrary to the reported facts and evidence in the case. Which is certainly your perogative. I am actually a huge fan of conspiracy theory- I just like the theories to be based on reported facts and evidence, and to account for ALL of the reported facts and evidence in a logical, if uncommon, way.
