"But as you say, we know that there are horrible things going on all the time with children re: trafficking/killing etc but not EVERYTHING is a clue."

This is well stated. The whole thing stings out loud. Something does feel to be amiss, I just don't like getting too messy with the thinking.

I feel like I've lived through several lifetimes since PG started for me.

The first three months of near endless wretching, crying, rage, etc. really turned me upside down and inside and out. I was able to get ahold of myself when I more or less reassured myself with "truth".

Is it true, that people kill people? Is it true that people rape people? Is it true that people steal from each other?

I kept going down such a mental list and then added in PG related questions.

This helped me pierce my emotional outrage with some sense of "control", by realizing that just like there are serial killers and sadists and etc etc, there are also people that make, view, trade, delight in, sadistic child porn. (All child porn is sadistic in my mind.)

It is also true that people do abuse their children and others, etc.

It was along these lines that I was able to digest the notion that PG COULD be VERY real. And that once I got beyond the possibility, I was able to tone down my emotional response, to then try to view things as rationally and logically as possible.

I believe that those of us that are here, probably had to go through similar experiences to be able to see this all so completely.

-- Ps. My long response wasn't really fully related to your comment. I just shared it, in the hopes that others struggling might get something from the "process:.

Here's a link. https://steemit.com/crime/@mandireiserra/raw-and-uncut-step-grandmother-and-chief-of-staff-to-popular-politician-hawked-granddaughter-online-via-blog

Very valid point. Worthwhile reminder and helps me to keep it ALL in focus.

Thank you!

That's a good question. Part of me would see it as suspicious and the other part of me would see it as part of making plans.

Commonly my friends with kids refer to their kids ages in conversation.

It is sort of like a "heads up" thing.

When someone says I'm going to bring my kids over, it is almost like the next question on people's minds: "How old are the kids?"

Why?

Because it tells the host what preparations, if any, may need to be made.

By saying the ages, it tells the host, in this case, don't worry, they are old enough to swim, for example and/or are self-sufficient in the context of being company.

They aren't infants or toddlers -- not need to child-proof the house.

That said, I'm not proving or even trying to prove this one way or the other, it just seems that many parents mention their kids ages all the time.

"I'm bringing my 9-year old." "My toddler." "My baby, etc."

Thanks for not flaming me.

I have a curious mind and curiosity for me is truth-seeking, however it lands.

Edit: By stating it also, parents are in some way "asking for permission to bring their kids", sort of "preparing the host" for what to expect and saying "don't mind the kids." The word "entertainment" may have been used as a way to soft-shoe the mayhem that will be caused by them being there.

"Oh yes, ahem, you'll be entertained! Don't say I didn't warn you!"

That's how the email "feels" to me.

If she were bringing three kids over to be molested, I suspect she might have just said, I'll bring them kids over later. Why spell it all out if that was really what she was saying?

I see what appears to be very coded language in many of the emails. I do seriousy agree that some of this is way odd, awkward and outright suspicious, but I'm also challenged by the ping of doubt on SOME of it.

Some of it does seem innocuous.

It is true that there are many ways TO say something, but people don't always express themselves that predictably.

I emailed a girl that emailed me for the first time last week. I wrote back really stupid shit!

Had I been in regular contact with that person, I would have replied totally differently.

Anyway, I'm not here to cast unreasonable doubt. Just want to know what is ultimately true as we all do.

Not to diss your point either -- Those connections and coincidences do appear quite important!

Thanks for the input.

What does that have to do with the guys question. The guy is on the fence about something, and is looking if anyone else feels the same. Then you come in and rant about something totally unrelated. Lol.

That's correct. My comment has nothing whatsoever to do with those "connections" and your comment has nothing whatsoever to do with mine.

To say that because these people are all so "connected" to each other and then assuming X,Y and Z as a result is occasionally bordering on the ridiculous.

Of course they are connected. Yes, they all know each other.

How many people do you know? How you know them? How did you meet?

I email lots of people that I have no real "connection" with.

Remember, these people are in POLITICS. It is their function to KNOW everyone! They thrive on connections.

They even EMAIL each other.

Everyone works somewhere. People MAKE connections VIA work, school, church, community, etc

Don't misread what I'm saying.

These folks KNOW each other. That is not being denied, but it takes a rather epic leap to make the assumption that because they KNOW each other, that somehow proves all else.

Why WOULDN"T they be connected? The connections they share is how they know each other.

Isn't it how ALL people know each other?

Think of all the people here in PG.

Aren't we all connected in some way here?

Do mere connections prove causality?

What does?