TO THE EVIL BETH HATERS--LET'S BRING IT ON

Commentary--Meri U., Aruban Boycott Blogger

I have been reading for many months how Beth is lying, how Beth is this and that and the next thing. I have been reading that Beth is wrong about Joran and everything else. She didn't know her daughter....she was Hitler's sister and a person that her daughter would want to run away from.

Let's set the record straight shall we?

Beth Twitty is looking for answers because her daughter was taken from her. She is most likely dead and Beth has to live with that every single day. Her life is changed in the worst possible way and all she has wanted from the very beginning is to know the truth of what happened to her child.

For many months Beth put her faith in the Aruban police and Prosecutor. She was privy to information that she kept to herself so as not to hamper their ongoing investigation. She put her faith into what they were telling her. Then they stopped telling her anything and they released the three main suspects in the case. They were free to come and go as they pleased. How must Beth have felt about that? How would you feel if your child was missing and three young man, who had lied to the police about their actions toward your child were set free? Three young men who the Deputy Police Chief called "Guilty as hell" even AFTER they were released.

When the Governor of Beth's state called for a boycott Beth said, "No, let the Aruban police and Prosecutor do their job." When the media asked her to release the information that she had been given she refused and said, "No, let the Aruban police and Prosecutor do their job".

Finally, after many months of stalling and halted searches and faulty information or NO information at all, Beth agreed to a boycott and she began to speak out. Even more months went by before she hired an attorney here in the USA. The only attorneys she had prior to hiring John Kelly were hired to help her communicate with the police and prosecutor so that she could find out what was going on. She never spoke of civil lawsuits until almost 9 months had passed since anyone saw or heard from her daughter.

Would you have had such patience? I wouldn't. I don't know what I would have done because like Beth, I don't spend my days practicing for the moment when one of my children will be taken and never heard from again.

Would I have shown the courage that Beth has shown? Would I be able to appear on the news almost nightly begging for answers? Would I be able to lecture students on safety issues when they travel to foreign places? I don't know if I would have that kind of courage but Beth Twitty does and for her trouble she get's called names not only by Internet people but by the very person who is suspected of harming her daughter.

She tolerates it all with dignity and courage and she goes on and on without showing us all her terrible pain.

For those reasons alone she deserves respect. Whenever I read or hear someone talking about this woman in a negative way I get angry and I put myself in her shoes. I know that I would not be able to remain as patient as Beth has.

Just for a moment put yourself in this woman's shoes and pretend that you are reading about your child and that you are hearing ignorant individuals call you terrible names, calling you a liar. Just think about it and imagine it.

I have never met Beth Twitty but I have watched and listened to her many times and my admiration for her is immense. My anger at her detractors is also immense and I will go on defending her right to find justice for her child for as long as it takes.

If she is making up lies then she will never find any answers because everything that she lies about will lead her in the wrong direction. Why would she do that? Why would she want to sabotage her own desire for the truth? Use a little logic and common sense here...she would NOT.

Beth Twitty is not a perfect human being and no one ever said that she was, including her. She is subject to making mistakes like every other human being. She lives daily with horrible grief and a huge void in her life....she will ALWAYS have to live with grief...even if she finds the answers she's looking for the grief will remain in her heart and in her life. So why would she lie? Why would she pick Joran van der Sloot of out of an entire Island full of people and lie about him?

Wasn't it Joran who singled himself out with HIS lies...his MANY lies and changes of story. He is the last admitted person to see Beth's daughter alive and she has every right to be suspicious of him. She would be foolish if she wasn't. The police are suspicious of him..many of us are suspicious of him and his added layers of more lies aren't helping his case one bit.

Those who see Joran as innocent are not capable of understanding how this robust, handsome boy who appears so normal could be anything else. I don't blame them for feeling that way because Joran can be quite convincing and he does look like the perfect boy. He certainly doesn't look like a killer or a predator.

But...what does a killer or a predator look like? Usually they look quite normal..like your father or brother or husband or neighbor. Unless they are stark raving mad and running around talking to space aliens it is impossible to identify a man or boy who might kill before the fact without a past history or some hard evidence. Unfortunately there isn't much of that in this case accept for Joran's own lies...his own words which keep contradicting each other. Why does an innocent man/boy have to lie so much? None of his explanations for this make any sense. NONE OF THEM. He had plenty of chances to tell the truth from the first moment that he was approached up until now and I don't believe that he has.

Beth Twitty is seeking the truth so why would she lie? I am also a mother and if something happened to one of my kids like it did to Beth's child I would want the truth also...I would NOT lie and there would be no reason to lie. How could that help? It couldn't and would only muddy the waters further. The Aruban authorities and prosecutor have muddied them enough already with help from people like Arlene Ellis Shippers and Julia Renfro....Beth doesn't need to lie.

If you can stop and think about this logically for a moment you would know that Beth has nothing to gain by lying and everything to lose...she has already lost her daughter so why wouldn't she have everything to gain by finding out the truth behind Natalee's disappearance? Wouldn't that bring her some peace of mind...wouldn't that allow her to move forward without doubts and fear of what her daughter may or may not have gone through? Yes, of course it would and that's why she would not and has not lied.

How anyone can inflict this kind of additional victimization on a woman who has already suffered so much loss is beyond me. I can't comprehend people who are spending their time calling her names and accusing her of all manner of evil things.

Just use a little logic and place yourself in Beth's position for a moment...what would you do?

I suspect that one of the answers to that question would not include lying to find the truth. That makes no sense and those of you accusing Beth Twitty of lying are senseless.