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I already said "It could be that Mary Jo have relatives who know them?" which mean is suggestion.

Well, their parents were still alive before and after their daughter was killed by car accident, don´t they?

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Yes it make sense.

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Yes I feel the same when I read her post because we are supposing to talk about Ted´s health, not his past background. Those word sound like obsession to me which mean is care more about his negative past background than concern about his health issue.

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[quote]Well, take a look at jew people who live in Germany and forgave Nazi what and how they did to them. They forgave and move on...

It doesn´t mean that we think less of Mary Jo but we are suppose to talk about Ted´s health, not his past.

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Yes I second that.

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Reba, your post from other thread.
AllDeaf.com - View Single Post - Doctors: Ted Kennedy has malignant brain tumor

It sound that Ted drank quite a lot. Mary Jo should say No to his offer to drive her home, don´t she?

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Kennedy families have experienced with successes, tragedies, cover up, and wealth.

For starters,

Joseph and Rose had 9 children. Joseph Jr was killed in plane crash. Kathleen ignored their parents' objection by get married to a Brit, but later she died in a plane crash.

John was US president until 1963 as he was gunned down in Dallas. He had four kids with Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.

Rosemary was mild retarded at that time. Against Rose's wishes, Joe took Rosemary to get a lobotomy surgery, but it failed her. She was permanently severe retarded thereafter. She was lived for a long time until her death not a long ago. Rose never forgave Joe for that horrible lobotomy surgery incident.

Eunice established Special Olympics in honor of her sister, Rosemary. She has a famous daughter, Maria Shriver Schweggenzzer (sp).

Jean is the shyiest of kennedy clan and her son, William Smith was charged for rape, but later the charges against him were dismissed. Cover up, ofc

Patricia was married to the actor, Peter Lawford, later divorced him.

Robert was Attorney General during JFK presidential term. Marilyn Monroe was involved with both Robert and JFK at that time. MM committed suicide according to autopsy report, however, it speculated that she was murdered by Kennedy brothers or hired people by them.

Edward (Ted) is the youngest Kennedy clan and got involved in a car accident that killed Mary Jo in 1969. Cover ups of MM and Joan were eerily similar in my opinion. He was originally running for the president in 1980, but he bowed out. If he was stubborn, then he would be likely to be the next for assissation like his older brothers (JFK and RFK). He decided not to continue.. He decided to become a senator instead. Now, he has a cancerous brain tumor.


Successes: politics, marriages, and birth of children, grandchildren, etc.

IslandGal

Yes, I agree that Mary Jo shouldn't have went along with Ted if he was going to drive drunk. She knew he was drinking a lot.

Ted was very wrong to leave the scene of the accident and not reporting it until the next day but Mary Jo also made a mistake when she went along with him being drunk on that night.

Reba

So that let's him off the hook?

Counselor, you should know better than that.

jillio

I think the "as well" implies shared respsonsibility, not transference of responsibility.

Reba

Well, now that's interesting. Now you're saying that she knew Teddy was drunk.

But previous posters stated that we don't know if Teddy was drunk.

Which was it? Can't have it both ways.

jillio

It has already been substantiated historically that he had been drinking that night. Whether he tested over the legal limit is what is not known. However, as it has been substantiated that he was drinking, then she still made the choice to get in a car with someone who had been drinking behind the wheel. I suppose the concept of "designated driver" hadn't become popular in 1969. Still and all, she made the decision.

Liewise, she knew he was a married man. To paint her as a totally innocent victim of murder is to ignore the fact that she made some very unsise decisions, and as the result of those decisions, put herself in the position of being involved in a fatal accident. She wasn't the victim of a kidnap, nor was she forced into the car and the company of Ted Kennedy. She chose to be there.

Reba

...but I do recall posters stating that we don't know if he was drunk.

Which was it?

If you want to put blame on Mary Jo, you have to concede that Teddy was noticeably drunk.

If you believe that Teddy was not noticeably drunk, then you have to concede that Mary Jo was not at fault for getting in the car.


I recall reading many posts at AD that agreed that the law often makes mistakes in its judgments.

Or does that only apply to death row convictions?

Reba

I thought you didn't accept those testimonies before?


Not that you're making a moral judgment against Mary Jo but are you saying that Mary Jo deserved to die a horrible death because she was guilty of immorality?

I see.

jillio

No one is placing blame on Mary Jo. What is being stated is that she's shares equally the choice of having been in that car at that particular moment in time. Testing over the legal limit and having consumed enough alcohol to slow one's reaction time is 2 different concepts. The had been together all evening, from my understanding, and therefore she knew he had been drinking. And what about MaryJo's alcohol intake that evening?

Yes, the law does make many errors. However, the law cannot compensate for another's free will. She willinglu got in the car with a driver that had been drinking, it was in the wee hours of the morning, and he was a married man. Quite possible that she has some ulterior motives that clouded her better judgement, in much the same way that other young women have let the desire for fame and fortune lead them into very unwise decisions.

VamPyroX

Hmm... it's the Kennedy Curse.

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jillio

No where do you see that I refused to accept the fact that he had been drinking. I refused to accept that his blood alcohol level was definately over the legal limit without testing to substantiate that.

No, that's not what I am saying at all, but nice try. I am saying that MaryJo made decisions that placed her at risk for being involved in a fatal accident. Had she not made the decision to get in a car with a married man that had been drinking in the wee hours of the morning, then she would not have placed herself in the position of being involved in an accident that took her life.

And, no, I'm not making a moral judgement against MaryJo. I haven't made a judgement against her moral character at all. No where have I stated that she was amoral. I quite simply and accurately stated that she made the decisions that placed her in that position at that time. The morality behind her making those particular decisions is not known to any of us. But what we do know, is that she made them.

Reba

Have you forgotten that even though individuals forgave the Nazis, they still had to face justice? Have you forgotten the Nuremberg trials, convictions, sentences, and executions? The Nazi war criminals had to pay their debt to society whether or not the injured parties forgave them.

Reba

Well, if you don't "accept that his blood alcohol level was definately over the legal limit" then why do you assume that Mary Jo knew that "his blood alcohol level was definately over the legal limit"?

Either Teddy was a drunk driver or not. You can't have it both ways just to suit your position.

jillio

Convictions is the key word. Ted Kennedy was convicted of leaving the scene of an accident. He was sentenced accordingly.

Reba

The law was negligent in its prosecution. Also, he was NOT sentenced according to the guidelines of that time.

jillio

Where have I said that I don't accept that his blood alcohol was over the legal limit? I said that there is no test to prove that his blood alcohol was over the legal limit. And no where did I state that Mary Jo should have known that his blood alcohol was over the legal limit. What I stated was, she had been in his company all evening and knew that he had been drinking.

As I have explained prior, one does not have to be over the legal limit for alcohol concentration to slow the reflexes. That is the whole concept behind not getting in a car with a driver than has been drinking. Drinking and drunk are two different words. They cannot necessarily be used interchangeably.

Teddy could very well have been a drinking driver without being a drunk driver as stipulated by law. Likewise, he could have just as easily been drunk as stipulated by law, but there is no test to substantiate that. But drinking or drunk, MaryJo made a decision to get in a car with someone who had been consuming a substance that impairs. Her decision, made freely. You cannot get around that fact. She wasn't an innocent victim standing on a street corner that was mowed down by a drunk driver. She willingly got in the car with a man who had been drinking.

jillio

What were the madatory sentencing laws for leaving the scene of an accident at the time. I do believe that judges are allowed discretion in sentencing. If you have a problem with the sentence pronounced, that is a problem with the legal system, not with Ted Kennedy.

Cheri

What does this have to do with Ted Kennedy? Nothing.

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Yes, we don´t know either he was quite OR heavy drunk because of his situation for neglect to save her life and also wondering why Mary Jo said yes to Ted´s offer to drive her to home when she knew he is drunkuntil your link..... ?

Would you take drunk driver´s offer to drive you home or whatever?

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