Petra Weides comments on the murder-suicide of Corinne and Jayne Peters. Jayne was the mayor of Coppell who killed her daughter and then took her own life.
Petra seems to think society is to blame for a woman who was clearly in deep financial difficulties and obviously very emotionally troubled. Petra says, "Let's commit to expressing unconditional love and profound acceptance for everyone, and offer safe places where people can share and heal their pain."
What a bunch of claptrap! As far as I've read, the Peters were very much accepted and loved. As far as "expressing unconditional love," I'm not sure what Petra means by that. The community wasn't even aware Ms. Peters had problems except for maybe the City Manager who was questioning her city credit card purchases. Does she think he should have just let all those unauthorized charges slide in the name of unconditional love? "Profound acceptance for everyone"? Does that include child molesters, ax murderers, bank robbers, carjackers? "Safe places where people can share and heal their pain"? You mean like group therapy? There are lots of places that offer that, but Jayne Peters was not willing to talk about her problems. Some people don't want to air their dirty laundry in public.
Another case of it sounds good, but what in the heck does it mean!
"Remember who you are . . ." The Dallas Morning News; July 20, 2010; p. 12A.
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