[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yes I did say that Alex because in the context of what I said it was parents letting a son down and putting their prejudices and inacceptance before there love for him ..and to them, that's what he was and how they thought of him ..their son....

okay.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Beth...lehem

Her parents are a disgrace. If your child opens up to you as much as to tell you something so personal you support them no matter what not turn on them and try to manipulate them into being what you think is right or better and to go as far as to remove those around the person who do offer support is heartbreaking.

They killed their child.

I totally agree.

An analysts couch is no substitute for a mother or father's loving open arms and their unconditional love. The words; "It does not matter love what gender you are, only what type of person you are. There isn't a problem" is all that was required. Emotional resonance.

It is the parents that needed the psychoanalyst.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..this is extraordinarily sad...no matter who or what your parents are/their beliefs etc or what relationship you have with them...more than anyone in the world, acceptance from them for who you are is the most important thing to lots of people...


..to an extent, I agree with you Alex but there are times when faiths and beliefs are questioned and tested and they had to make a decision with that faith and their love for their son and they failed and let him down dreadfully...not every parent with a faith which conflicted with his sexuality would have done that...?...I have no doubt that they loved him and felt that what they did with the counselling was the right thing and I absolutely don't think that they're murderers or anything...but they rejected the one person on this earth who was most in need of them...what kind of 'Christianity' is that....

I agree and couldn't have put it better.

[thesheriff443]

this is very sad, in reading her post you get an insight into her life, she is then not just a number on a daily death count.

humans have a fragile hold on life, death is just a heart beat away!.

[orwellkafkararara]

Originally Posted by Scrooge

5000 humans died this week on Chinas roads

Life is bleak

Although it disturbs me that the thoughtless masses are emotionally swayed a lot more by stories of individual examples than they do from statistical counts of the same nature (especially when it comes to political opinions about wars); stories of individual examples such as this one, can be a useful case-study in order to prevent similar tragedies from occurring.

"One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic" - Stalin.