Vox <Vectra3456@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Kittyn wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:29:08 -0400, Dana <danambusa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Kittyn wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:54:23 -0700, Vox <Vectra3456@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Ruby Vee wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>On 2008-04-13 19:52:14 -0400, "Laura M. Young"
> >>>>><bridgeplayer60@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I just rewatched Friday's episode, mostly to see the Diane and Max
> >>>>>>scenes again, but I was also struck by how many people are
berating
> >>>>>>themselves for being responsible for Michael's condition. It
> >>>>>>occurred to me that most of the people in this town can rightfully
> >>>>>>be accused of doing, or not doing, something that would have
> >>>>>>prevented this.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>1. In my opinion, the blame goes first and foremost to Claudia
who
> >>>>>>put out the hit that sent a man with a rifle shooting in the
> >>>>>>direction of Michael. 2. Would be Dr. Evil who actually fired the
> >>>>>>shot that did NOT hit his intended target and wound up hitting
> >>>>>>Michael instead. 3. Sonny, of course, who after torturing
Michael's
> >>>>>>biological father into signing away his parental rights, has
refused
> >>>>>>to get out of his "business" for years, despite he and people he
> >>>>>>loved nearly being killed time and again by attempts on his life.
4.
> >>>>>>Carly, who cheated on Michael's father (her husband), and had
> >>>>>>unprotected *** with a man she didn't even like who was a known
> >>>>>>mobster, and then conspired with him to get Michael away from his
> >>>>>>dad and allowed Sonny to adopt Michael despite knowing what Sonny
> >>>>>>was, and then going back to him time and time again even though
she
> >>>>>>saw repeatedly what danger her kids were in because of him. 5.
> >>>>>>Jason, who was Michael's first "father" and swears that he adores
> >>>>>>the kid, but not enough to get out of the "business" and encourage
> >>>>>>Sonny to do so too to keep the kid (s) safe. 6 & 7. Alexis shares
> >>>>>>Diane's guilt in repeatedly keeping Sonny out of jail where he
> >>>>>>wouldn't have been a threat to his children. 8. Max, who was the
> >>>>>>professional bodyguard, who should have insisted that Michael not
go
> >>>>>>anywhere without protection. 9. Kate, who encouraged Sonny to
take
> >>>>>>Michael to see what his "non-mobster" dad did for a living. (I've
> >>>>>>forgotten whose idea it was initially.)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I'd put Kate number three on that list -- it was her idea for
Michael
> >>>>>to be there in the first place, and she talked Sonny into it when
he
> >>>>>didn't think it was a good idea. Turns out he was right.
> >>>>>Interestingly enough, she and Devlin are the only two people
involved
> >>>>>who aren't blaming themselves for the disaster!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>15 -18. + AJ, Alan, Monica, Edward and the rest of the
> >>>>>>Quartermaines, for not using all their money and power to maintain
> >>>>>>joint custody of Michael which would have gotten him out of the
> >>>>>>hands of Sonny and his mobster friends at least part of the time
> >>>>>>(the night he was shot MIGHT have been one of those times)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I'm sure I'm forgetting others who could get on this game too.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Ruby
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>The BLAME goes first to Carly for tying her son up to a mobster!!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Vox
> >>>
> >>>Actually, if you want to go that route, then Robin is ultimately
> >>>responsible also. Because if she had never betrayed Jason's
> >>>confidence, Jason would have continued to be Michael's public father,
> >>>Carly would never have married AJ and probably never would have slept
> >>>with Sonny. If Jason was still Michael's "father", you can be damn
> >>>sure that he would never have taken Michael someplace dangerous
without
> >>>protection and would have definitely protected his son first and
> >>>foremost before he jumped on a woman he was dating.
> >>
> >>I don't agree. If Robin had kept her mouth shut, Michael would have
> >>still been raised in the mob which is Vox's point.
> >
> >
> > Maybe....or maybe not. Perhaps if Jason had a child that he was
> > raising as his own, he would have eventually realized that it was best
> > for him to distance himself from that life. At that time, he was
> > close to Sonny, but was not as deeply entrenched as he is now. We
> > will never know, because Robin betrayed his trust. I am not saying
> > she is as guilty as some of the others, but she defintely belongs on
> > the list.
> >
>
>
> Cripes! He has a child NOW!! I was thinking the other day, if his son
> meant so much to him, why doesn't he take his millions, go find an
> island and try to live his life with Liz and his son! He clearly picks
> his ****y life over all of it!!
Truly! And his lame excuse to Elizabeth was "I was in the business
before I had a child" (or something like that). SO? Neither Sonny or
Jason has ever made a real effort at leaving "the business". I don't
care how tortured and tragic he looks all the time. It's a choice not a
destiny.
>
> I sup****ted Robin telling the truth anyway. I don't even see how Robin
> comes into the mix even though you tried to sup****t your theory. It
> fell totally flat for me. The thought that Jason would be a better
> protector of a child than Sonny? Please.
>
> Vox
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Yvonne


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