tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post3888644145477051193..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): My Town Monday, Detroitpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-16234512198059239212008-06-09T23:26:00.000-04:002008-06-09T23:26:00.000-04:00You'd think there was more, but I couldn't find mu...You'd think there was more, but I couldn't find much more online. I think it's ripe for invention. Have at it folks. I'm done writing novels for now.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-70817719272215488452008-06-09T22:25:00.000-04:002008-06-09T22:25:00.000-04:00The unsolved crime should perk the antennae of any...The unsolved crime should perk the antennae of any crime writer. There must be more to the story than this.<BR/><BR/>Good post, and excellent comment exchange.Barbara Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610140328527165017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-53417776463963464862008-06-09T18:17:00.000-04:002008-06-09T18:17:00.000-04:00What a great mystery. I agree that it has the ing...What a great mystery. I agree that it has the ingredients for a great fiction piece!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-37344555996705749452008-06-09T14:27:00.000-04:002008-06-09T14:27:00.000-04:00"Neighbors of Evangelist probably saw him as lurin..."Neighbors of Evangelist probably saw him as luring their children away."<BR/><BR/>Yes, I think that's the story, too. How insecure we must be to think that our children can be lured away so easily by something so extreme.<BR/><BR/>We really have no faith in our kids at all, afraid that every tiny reference to anything 'bad' will affect them deeply. <BR/><BR/>And, I guess, we have no faith in our beliefs, either, feeling that if they're questioned the least little bit they'll collapse.<BR/><BR/>There's a story there all right...John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-32398371161792409262008-06-09T14:25:00.000-04:002008-06-09T14:25:00.000-04:00No one's used it that I know of. Have to do a bit ...No one's used it that I know of. Have to do a bit of research but it could be brilliant.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-8499065568158654372008-06-09T14:10:00.000-04:002008-06-09T14:10:00.000-04:00What an utterly creepy, fascinating story. Has any...What an utterly creepy, fascinating story. Has anybody ever used this as inspiration for fiction? This is just the germ for a million possibilities...so strange, violent and bizarre.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-45640496357839989972008-06-09T11:50:00.000-04:002008-06-09T11:50:00.000-04:00Fascinating post and great discussion her in the c...Fascinating post and great discussion her in the comments. <BR/><BR/>A guy like that could have been targeted by any number of people.Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81051445318580324552008-06-09T11:12:00.001-04:002008-06-09T11:12:00.001-04:00Fanaticism rubs me the wrong way. And then there's...Fanaticism rubs me the wrong way. And then there's the problem of cults being totally controlling, cutting a member off from anything that might divide loyalties. Neighbors of Evangelist probably saw him as luring their children away. It would make a good story, perhaps written from his wife's POV, someone helpless to stop him and fearful for her children. <BR/>I think they keep growing because people are anxious to give someone else the reins. It's tough being out there in a meaningles world.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-37132736112687132422008-06-09T11:12:00.000-04:002008-06-09T11:12:00.000-04:00Fanaticism rubs me the wrong way. And then there's...Fanaticism rubs me the wrong way. And then there's the problem of cults being totally controlling, cutting a member off from anything that might divide loyalties. Neighbors of Evangelist probably saw him as luring their children away. It would make a good story, perhaps written from his wife's POV, someone helpless to stop him and fearful for her children. <BR/>I think they keep growing because people are anxious to give someone else the reins. It's tough being out there in a meaningles world.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46292165662659077792008-06-09T10:53:00.000-04:002008-06-09T10:53:00.000-04:00"Cults have always rubbed us the wrong way, I thin..."Cults have always rubbed us the wrong way, I think."<BR/><BR/>And yet they keep growing and new ones keep sprouting up all over the world.<BR/><BR/>There's something to that, Patti. Do you think it's just because they question our beliefs? Are we so insecure in what we believe? Why do cults rub us the wrong way, I wonder, when usually they're no threat to us at all - unless we have a relative or friend who joins?John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-20012447181161982312008-06-09T10:07:00.000-04:002008-06-09T10:07:00.000-04:00Cults have always rubbed us the wrong way, I think...Cults have always rubbed us the wrong way, I think. I've thought about doing it but research the twenties is more Megan's thingpattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-12281044057872234922008-06-09T09:17:00.000-04:002008-06-09T09:17:00.000-04:00Great story, Patti! An interesting guy like Benny ...Great story, Patti! <BR/><BR/>An interesting guy like Benny might attract trouble, but who would kill the family, too?<BR/><BR/>I guess we'll never know, unless one of us adapts the story and makes up a cool ending.<BR/><BR/>TerrieTerrie Farley Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980849018232866773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76710705294240780762008-06-09T07:32:00.000-04:002008-06-09T07:32:00.000-04:00interesting who dunnit, Patti. And an interesting ...interesting who dunnit, Patti. And an interesting life.debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.com