Amanda Knox, Turning Cartwheels

• Sorry! I did not mean for my comments to be for Meredith Kercher! She was a victim of a brutal murder. May she find peace! My comments were targeted towards Knox in general.

• The real shame of this mess is that Kercher, Mellas and Knox are all mixed up culturally. They should be in prison for that alone! Why didn't they do an exchange in the countries of their ancestors? Kercher, Mellas and Knox should be escorted out of Italy and sent back to their own country to suffer in a cultureless tradition and a lily-white existence. Moreover, they should speak their own language. Stop leaching off of cultures that are not their own! This is karma! Karma for pretending to be something they are not.

• YOU GO STEVE BODY!! I SO agree. And L Reik, you're a jerk. Kercher, Mellas and Knox all belong together. All three families were impacted by the actions of Rudy Guede. One day you will eat your disgusting words as the innocent families will be able to hug each other and celebrate Mez's short and beautiful life. The fact that they have been advised not to is a legal issue and not a personal one. As long as The Sleazy Circus continues and the Kerchers doubt Raffele and Amanda's involvement, they will not be able to deal with the American or Italian families. But I believe the day is coming when they will for the sake of Meredith. In the meantime, you should stop using blogger blather as education and do some real reading. I recommend the Massei Motivation Report, for starters. If you can't see what a travesty that is then I hope you are simply ignorant. An ignorant person can be taught, but you can't fix stupid.

• Dear Mr. Body, With all due credit to your wife's employer, there is very significatn evidence linking Amanda Knox to her roommate's murder. Therefore lumping the Kerchers, Mellases and Knoxes together is an insult to the murder victim's family. Losing their daughter in such a brutal fashion is not to be compared to the suffering of the alleged murderer's family.

• I read in today's Seattle P-I that you "outed" Chris Mellas as the culprit behind aggressive posts on his step-daughter's murder trial. Chris manages the computers at my wife's company and has FAR bigger fish to fry than doing battle with every anonymous, lookie-loo freak who posts BS in online forums. There are 400 people who work there. POSSIBLY, it was one of those people, all of whom know and love Chris and see the living hell his family's life has become, who decided to get tough on his behalf. Knowing some of the people and their desire to see this sleazy circus over with, I can certainly understand. It continually amazes me that people who post to these lighter-than-popcorn blogs actually think that A) they add anything to the "dialog" (the REAL dialog is something with which they have exactly ZERO involvement) and B) that the real people, facing real tragedies, SHOULD give a rat's azz what they think. GROW UP. This is real life with real consequences, and it's being lived through, day after agonizing day, by the Karchers, the Mellases, and the Knoxes. YOUR opinions don't matter one single atom's worth.

• How interesting! It is written that Susan Atkins (Manson Family murderer), turned cartwheels in the jail, after she was arrested, as well......

• Doing cartwheels is an odd reaction - why couldn't she do push ups like everyone else who needs a stress reliever? But we wind up, of course, with the three pronged test: 1. Is it possible for someone to do cartwheels and NOT be guilty of murder? 2. Is it possible for someone to NOT do cartwheels and to still be guilty of murder? 3. What makes this woman different from every human who has ever lived on earth?

• Amanda may or may not be guilty of murder, but she did display inappropriate, distasteful, and suspicious behavior in the wake of her roommate's death. Not the smartest move on her part...

• What I find interesting in this weekend's testimony is the confirmation that Knox was not subjected to 14 hours of intense and uninterrupted interrogation before she finally broke down and made a "false confession". Nor was she deprived of food, water or other amenities. In fact, Knox was not even required to be at the police station on the night of November 5, but rather went along voluntarily. It was her then boyfriend Sollecito who was asked to come in for further questioning. Finally, and despite rumors to the contrary, I can assure you that people in Seattle do not generally do cartwheels or yoga bends on every possible occasion, out of boredom or to relieve stress. But I can see how people might get the wrong idea.

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