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

[Tami Stinebaugh]

I don't know Mr. Eiselein's background, but I, like you, come from a
background of law enforcement.  My father was not LAPD, but he did
work right here for Latah County Sheriff's Office for over 25 years,
and I have been married to a deputy sheriff for over 11 years now.  My
point is, it doesn't always matter what kind of family life you have,
or how much they care or don't care, drugs can creep into any person's
life, and destroy it.  Just because my father was a cop, and my
parents have been married for 35+ years, and they gave us a good
stable home, and provided for us, didn't prevent drugs from
interfering with one of their children.  In my personal experience,
the apple can fall very, VERY far from the tree.  In fact, if picked
up by the right people, it can be thrown into an entirely different
orchard...

Just my own personal experiences.  I'm done now  ;-)

Tami Stinebaugh

On 6/23/05, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> 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
> 
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