[Vision2020] Hooray! Kai Changed His Position!....Not

[Tom Hansen]

My comments were strictly opinion based on my life experiences and what I
have seen happen to friends of mine.  As I have mentioned quite a while
back, my father is a retired detective of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Having grown up as a son of an LAPD officer, my life experiences may differ
extremely from those of Mr. Eiselein.

If anybody is offended by these comments, I extend my sincerest apologies.

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are
dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all
exist very nicely in the same box. 

-----Original Message-----

From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Tami Stinebaugh
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 3:36 PM
To: Tom Hansen
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hooray! Kai Changed His Position!....Not

I found the following remarks offensive and hurtful.  [Tom Hansen
said: "Perhaps the reason why nobody knows where your brother is now
is because nobody cared where he was then."] I am not sure why you
would assume that nobody cared about him.  From personal experience, I
know that helping a family member with a severe drug problem is
extremely difficult and often if that family member doesn't want help,
there is not a dang thing you, or anybody else, can do about it.

I was shocked to read this, and felt compelled to jump into the
conversation.  I'm not sure if you realize how hurtful a statement
like this can be...

Tami Stinebaugh