Quote From: tbrooks1124I will defend Janelle to the day I die. She IS my friend. Janelle and I taught Reading together last year in the public school system . You may not agree with what I have to say, but that is purely your ignorance to the situation. Yes, Janelle committed a crime. But, to attack her personally and say things like she is a rapist, is wrong. That is not the case. Janelle made a mistake, but does that mean she is a bad person? I know her. I have spent time with her. She is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. To see her in this position breaks my heart. I can tell you, she is a better person than many of you. You can sit there and judge her for her mistake, but what about you? Her mistake is a big mistake, but why is she the only one to blame? What about that 15 year old boy..who, by the way, turned 16 during this fiasco. So, this 16 year boy is totally innocent? I think not.
Janelle IS a good person who made a mistake. It doesn't mean she is a sexual predator, a rapist, or just a sick human being. SHE MADE A MISTAKE. A mistake that gives the public the right to throw obscene and rude comments in her face. Well, may your lifetime of mistakes one day be thrown in your face or put on display for the public to defame you.
Janelle WILL rise above this. I know that the time she spends paying for this crime will make her a stronger person.
I don't think most people are saying that she isn't, they just want her to take FULL responsibility for her actions. She can in no way blame the boy, argue that she was in love with him, or play the innocent young lady in this scenario. Just own up to what you did Janelle and pay the consequences. Recognize that according to the letter of the law you are a pedophile and you have committed a crime, I think that is all anyone is expecting of you.
Okay maybe you don't want to think of yourself as a pedophile, but maybe you should have thought about that before you got involved with this young man whom you had authority over.
She made a mistake that has now labeled her a pedophile, stop living in denial. It's a terrible thing to have to live with that label, who would want that, no one, but that is what she is according to the laws in this country.
If you are truly her friend then you will help her to accept the real truth of the situation, maybe then she can get the real help that she needs to help her understand why she would choose this path in the first place, then the real healing can begin in her life.
This is not just a mistake, like oops I forgot to set the alarm on my house and it was burglarized. This was something that she knew was wrong, but did it anyway. She committed a crime, not a mistake. There is a difference.
I am glad that you are her friend and are sticking by her, but please don't help her to stay in denial about the truth about this situation, help her to see it how God views it.
