I love it when we get all-caps, pissed-off-spelling, Mensa-disqualified email. It's like we grate 'em so hard they can't even think straight. Today's morass of mental meltdown is a gift from Shannon Pike's mom. Shannon Pike's story as I blogged it is here.
Becky writes:
hello !
I was just wondering what happed to being innocent UNTILL BEING PROVEN
QUILTY ?!
my son is the one you guys have slandered by jumping to conculsions here !
my son shannon pike is NOT A MONSTER ! HE IS A GREAT PERSON AND WOULD
NEVER HARM A CHILD .. THE STORY HE TOLD IS THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL
REVEIL .
ITS SAD THAT YOU GUYS HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THEN SLANDER SOME ONES
CHILD YOU GUYS HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON .
MY SON LOVES HIS GIRLFIREND AND HER LITTLE GIRL MORE THEN ANYTHING IN
THIS WORLD THEY HAVE A BABY ON THE WAY AS WELL .. THE NEWS MEDIA MADE
THIS ALL OUT TO BE SOMETHING HORRIBLE .. MY SONS GIRLFRIENDS DAUGHTERS
FATHER WICH IS A REAL PEICE OF WORK DOESNT LIKE MY SON SO HE DECIDED TO
TALK HIS DAUGHTERS 2 FALLS TO THE EXTREME AND MAKE IT OUT TO BE
SOMETHING THAT IT IS NOT ! MY SON COMES FROM A GOOD HOME AND FAMILY YOU
GUYS KNOW NOTHING ABOUT US AT ALL . YOU WILL ALL SEE THAT SHANNON PIKE
IS INNOCENT AND THEN WHAT ?? WILL MY FAMILY GET AN OPOLIGY ???
THIS IS REALLY SAD THAT YOU HAVE A SITE LIKE THIS WHERE PEOPLE I GUESS
LOVE SATIAN AND WORK FOR HIM AND NOT GOD IN WITCH WE BELIEVE IN .
THIS SITE MADE ME SICK TO MY STOMACE FOR THE THINGS PEOPLE WROTE ABOUT
MY LOVING SON ! IF MY SON HURT THIS LITTLE GIRL SHE DAM SURE WOULD NOT
BE ASKING FOR HIM ! NOW WOULD SHE ? PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF MY FAMILY
AND OTHER INNOCENT PEOPLE BEHIND BARS PLEASE STRAIGHTEN THIS UP .
I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THEN TO NOT READ ALL THIS STUFF ABOUT MY SON
HIS LOVING GIRL FRIEND AND HER DAUGHHTER THE 3 OF THEM HAVE BEEN
THROUGH ENOUGH THEY DONT NEED TO BE SLANDERD TOO .. WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF YOUR CHILD WAS FAULSELY ACCUSED OF THIS AND EVERYBODY WAS BASHING
THEM BEFORE HEARING THE TRUTH ! YOU WOULDNT LIKE IT TRUST ME ..
AND FOR THE PICTURE THEY HAVE POSTED OF MY SON ON THE NEWS .. THATS NOT
THE PICTURE THEY TOOK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT .. AN AS FAR AS OTHER
PRIORS GO FOR EVERYBODYS INFORMATION HE DOESNT HAVE ANY ... EXCEPT A
MISTAMEANER CHARGE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF WEED HE HAD ON HIM AN HE DOESNT
EVEN DO THAT ANYMORE .. GEESH PEOPLE YOU HAVE MY SON NAILED TO THE
CROSS WITH OUT CONVECTION .. DO NOT USE MY SON AS A SACERFICIAL LAMB
FOR YOUR SATISFACTION !!!
THANKS AN GOD BLESS ALL YOU IGNORANT PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU
SEE AND HEAR IN THE NEWS THIS IS AMERICA YOU GUYS THEY ARE NEWS
REPORTES AND THE ONE THAT CAN MAKE THE BEST STORY UP WINS ! NO MATTER
THE COST OF SOME ONES HEART LIFE OR BELIEFS . THIS IS A SHAME AND I
WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB AND DESTOY SOME ONE LIFE THAT IS
INNOCENT ..
AND NO FOR YOUR NEXT QUESTION I AM NOT A MOTHER THAT IS IN DENIAL .
I KNOW MY SON AND HE IS INNOCENT AND WHEN THAT FATHER IS SITTING BEHIND
BARS AND MY SON IS OUT YOU ALL WILL KNOW BECAUSE I WILL MAKE SURE I
COME BACK AND GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE HOW BOUT THAT ?
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP IN TRYING TO DESTOY BY SONS LIFE BY WORD OF BIG
MOUTHS ! ON OPIONS WITCH ARE LIKE ASS WHOLES EVERYBODY HAS ONE
UNFORTUNANTLY
AND NO IM NOT A DUMB ASS FOR ALL MY TYPOS I AM A MOTHER THAT IS VERY
HURT TO SAY THE LEAST AND IM MADDER THEN HELL AT THIS .
Becky
Wow, she is really pissed. So I felt the need to be a little bit nicer than usual in my response:
Dear Becky,
Thank you for your input on my story, "Shannon Pike Is An Unsuitable Babysitter." I hope that we can have a civil discourse addressing your concerns with my article. In order to do that, I need to clarify your points to make sure that we are on the same page.
In reading your e-mail, I understand your points to be as follows:
1. Your son, Shannon Pike, is innocent of the charges against him.
2. Morbid and I are devil-worshippers.
3. The child's skull fracture occurred on its own or during two falls, neither of which
were serious.
4. A three year old child is lying about being hit by Shannon Pike despite the medical
evidence and was in fact not injured.
5. Shannon Pike is being railroaded by the child's father, who does believe that his
daughter was hurt while in your son's care.
6. Your son has no felony convictions and was not on probation at the time of the new
charges being filed.
7. Your son has no other criminal or civil record.
8. You don't like the picture news outlets used of your son, because it isn't the one
that was taken by police.
9. My information is slanderous (or libelous)and my research is flawed.
If those are the points you're making, please let me know so that we can continue our discourse. If not, please clarify your points further.
Please be aware that I used the following court and law enforcement links in writing my article:
http://courtweb.co.sarasota.fl.us/crimapp/criminq.asp (enter name Pike, Shannon)
http://www.clerk.co.sarasota.fl.us/srqapp/civilqry2.asp?rb_searchby=Name&cb_continue=Continue (enter name Pike,
Shannon)
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/AppCommon/ (enter name Pike, Shannon. Then click Supervised
Population Search Results, then click name link for picture and probation details.)
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Imp Queen, World Monarch
Dreamin' Demon
So, I thought i'd wait for a response. Except I'd already gotten this in my Myspace messages:
----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: shaddee tactiks
Date: Feb 12, 2008 10:40 AM
Subject: new new's
if you want new new's on this shannon case hit me up... come to find out it's all bullshit anyways... something about the dad is using the police to frame this kid so he can get control over the mother and daughter...
How convenient! Another literate white knight to do battle for Shannon Pike. Nobody seems concerned about doing battle for the three year old. So I said:
Great - so the little girl did not have a skull fracture, then? I'm not seeing where the charges have been dropped.
Sheez.
Becky writes:
hello !
I was just wondering what happed to being innocent UNTILL BEING PROVEN
QUILTY ?!
my son is the one you guys have slandered by jumping to conculsions here !
my son shannon pike is NOT A MONSTER ! HE IS A GREAT PERSON AND WOULD
NEVER HARM A CHILD .. THE STORY HE TOLD IS THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL
REVEIL .
ITS SAD THAT YOU GUYS HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THEN SLANDER SOME ONES
CHILD YOU GUYS HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON .
MY SON LOVES HIS GIRLFIREND AND HER LITTLE GIRL MORE THEN ANYTHING IN
THIS WORLD THEY HAVE A BABY ON THE WAY AS WELL .. THE NEWS MEDIA MADE
THIS ALL OUT TO BE SOMETHING HORRIBLE .. MY SONS GIRLFRIENDS DAUGHTERS
FATHER WICH IS A REAL PEICE OF WORK DOESNT LIKE MY SON SO HE DECIDED TO
TALK HIS DAUGHTERS 2 FALLS TO THE EXTREME AND MAKE IT OUT TO BE
SOMETHING THAT IT IS NOT ! MY SON COMES FROM A GOOD HOME AND FAMILY YOU
GUYS KNOW NOTHING ABOUT US AT ALL . YOU WILL ALL SEE THAT SHANNON PIKE
IS INNOCENT AND THEN WHAT ?? WILL MY FAMILY GET AN OPOLIGY ???
THIS IS REALLY SAD THAT YOU HAVE A SITE LIKE THIS WHERE PEOPLE I GUESS
LOVE SATIAN AND WORK FOR HIM AND NOT GOD IN WITCH WE BELIEVE IN .
THIS SITE MADE ME SICK TO MY STOMACE FOR THE THINGS PEOPLE WROTE ABOUT
MY LOVING SON ! IF MY SON HURT THIS LITTLE GIRL SHE DAM SURE WOULD NOT
BE ASKING FOR HIM ! NOW WOULD SHE ? PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF MY FAMILY
AND OTHER INNOCENT PEOPLE BEHIND BARS PLEASE STRAIGHTEN THIS UP .
I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THEN TO NOT READ ALL THIS STUFF ABOUT MY SON
HIS LOVING GIRL FRIEND AND HER DAUGHHTER THE 3 OF THEM HAVE BEEN
THROUGH ENOUGH THEY DONT NEED TO BE SLANDERD TOO .. WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF YOUR CHILD WAS FAULSELY ACCUSED OF THIS AND EVERYBODY WAS BASHING
THEM BEFORE HEARING THE TRUTH ! YOU WOULDNT LIKE IT TRUST ME ..
AND FOR THE PICTURE THEY HAVE POSTED OF MY SON ON THE NEWS .. THATS NOT
THE PICTURE THEY TOOK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT .. AN AS FAR AS OTHER
PRIORS GO FOR EVERYBODYS INFORMATION HE DOESNT HAVE ANY ... EXCEPT A
MISTAMEANER CHARGE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF WEED HE HAD ON HIM AN HE DOESNT
EVEN DO THAT ANYMORE .. GEESH PEOPLE YOU HAVE MY SON NAILED TO THE
CROSS WITH OUT CONVECTION .. DO NOT USE MY SON AS A SACERFICIAL LAMB
FOR YOUR SATISFACTION !!!
THANKS AN GOD BLESS ALL YOU IGNORANT PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU
SEE AND HEAR IN THE NEWS THIS IS AMERICA YOU GUYS THEY ARE NEWS
REPORTES AND THE ONE THAT CAN MAKE THE BEST STORY UP WINS ! NO MATTER
THE COST OF SOME ONES HEART LIFE OR BELIEFS . THIS IS A SHAME AND I
WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB AND DESTOY SOME ONE LIFE THAT IS
INNOCENT ..
AND NO FOR YOUR NEXT QUESTION I AM NOT A MOTHER THAT IS IN DENIAL .
I KNOW MY SON AND HE IS INNOCENT AND WHEN THAT FATHER IS SITTING BEHIND
BARS AND MY SON IS OUT YOU ALL WILL KNOW BECAUSE I WILL MAKE SURE I
COME BACK AND GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE HOW BOUT THAT ?
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP IN TRYING TO DESTOY BY SONS LIFE BY WORD OF BIG
MOUTHS ! ON OPIONS WITCH ARE LIKE ASS WHOLES EVERYBODY HAS ONE
UNFORTUNANTLY
AND NO IM NOT A DUMB ASS FOR ALL MY TYPOS I AM A MOTHER THAT IS VERY
HURT TO SAY THE LEAST AND IM MADDER THEN HELL AT THIS .
Becky
Wow, she is really pissed. So I felt the need to be a little bit nicer than usual in my response:
Dear Becky,
Thank you for your input on my story, "Shannon Pike Is An Unsuitable Babysitter." I hope that we can have a civil discourse addressing your concerns with my article. In order to do that, I need to clarify your points to make sure that we are on the same page.
In reading your e-mail, I understand your points to be as follows:
1. Your son, Shannon Pike, is innocent of the charges against him.
2. Morbid and I are devil-worshippers.
3. The child's skull fracture occurred on its own or during two falls, neither of which
were serious.
4. A three year old child is lying about being hit by Shannon Pike despite the medical
evidence and was in fact not injured.
5. Shannon Pike is being railroaded by the child's father, who does believe that his
daughter was hurt while in your son's care.
6. Your son has no felony convictions and was not on probation at the time of the new
charges being filed.
7. Your son has no other criminal or civil record.
8. You don't like the picture news outlets used of your son, because it isn't the one
that was taken by police.
9. My information is slanderous (or libelous)and my research is flawed.
If those are the points you're making, please let me know so that we can continue our discourse. If not, please clarify your points further.
Please be aware that I used the following court and law enforcement links in writing my article:
http://courtweb.co.sarasota.fl.us/crimapp/criminq.asp (enter name Pike, Shannon)
http://www.clerk.co.sarasota.fl.us/srqapp/civilqry2.asp?rb_searchby=Name&cb_continue=Continue (enter name Pike,
Shannon)
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/AppCommon/ (enter name Pike, Shannon. Then click Supervised
Population Search Results, then click name link for picture and probation details.)
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Imp Queen, World Monarch
Dreamin' Demon
So, I thought i'd wait for a response. Except I'd already gotten this in my Myspace messages:
----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: shaddee tactiks
Date: Feb 12, 2008 10:40 AM
Subject: new new's
if you want new new's on this shannon case hit me up... come to find out it's all bullshit anyways... something about the dad is using the police to frame this kid so he can get control over the mother and daughter...
How convenient! Another literate white knight to do battle for Shannon Pike. Nobody seems concerned about doing battle for the three year old. So I said:
Great - so the little girl did not have a skull fracture, then? I'm not seeing where the charges have been dropped.
Sheez.