Dear Annie,
When I read your post above, it seemed as if I had written it myself. We are in full agreement on this topic and those who cannot manage to see the truth in front of them. Do remember that not everyone comes to this forum with the intent to debate and discuss but rather to amuse themselves by inflaming the discussion. On other forums they are known as trolls. If the subject of your response does not present their opinions in a well thought out manner but rather continues to espouse and adhere to unsubtantiated claims, then they may just be Internet trolls.
David
Thank you David, I completely agree. I am so glad there are a few people here who aren't afraid, or intimidated, or fed up, enough to continue to call these people on their actions, because their blatant misleading of innocent children and newbies should not be allowed to stand. They ARE trolls, every single thread, regardless of name or topic, or pleas to stay on topic, always turn into a list of reasons why AA was AN, over and over.This is not an 'opinion,' the fact that AA was not AN is now historical and scientific fact. I have never seen anyone challenge anything like this! Even men who are stuck with the paternity of a child they don't want to pay for still don't try to say the other prospective father switched the blood samples? And just think, that directly affects his life!
Which brings me to an epiphany had about "Chat Noir' and his obsession of this subject. What do he, and his supporters, always say is the reason that the intestines wereswitched/results rigged? They
claim it's because the royal family doesn't want to be HUMILIATED for being WRONG about Anastasia. (they weren't, of course)
How ironic, since that seems to be exactly what "Chat Noir" is doing! I guess that's where he got the idea from! Even though the case is closed and most rational people accept the conclusion, whether or not it is what they wanted to hear, he continues to drag this dead horse around behind his car honking the horn. Since he has devoted so much of his life to proving AA was AN, he must feel reality somehow invalidates his life's work and his legacy that
he turned out to be wrong and he can't deal with the humilation. Therefore he has to continue to pretend it's true, to try to make others believe in something that doesn't exist, and I really don't think he'd stop at anything to try to prove he was still right after all. However, this is not fair to the world, who deserves to know the real truth. One man's obsession (and that of his few but vocal followers) really isn't worth it. He needs to know that even though he was wrong, his work is still very interesting and will be remembered, and it's going to be okay that AA was not AN. It really is time to let go and get over it, for everyone's sake, most of all, for truth and integrity in history, and for the memories of the real Anastasia, and Franziska. Let them rest in peace!
Do the Right Thing- a parable and analogy to the AA case- it takes a bigger man to admit he made a mistake, for the good of all, more than himself- A lesson learnedI remember watching a documentary on the Donner Party and it mentioned that they had followed an alternate path west, avoiding the Oregon trail, because a man had written a book describing a new way to go that was better. When the party got out there, they saw that there were mountains and obsticles the book didn't mention. They knew what town the author was in, and sought him out to ask him what to do next. The man told them straight out that he had been wrong, he had miscalcuated, and to please not follow his book any longer as it was the wrong path. He was very honorable to admit he was wrong, for the good of all, rather than to lead them blindly down a trail that led in the wrong direction just to spare himself humiliation since his book had claimed otherwise. He did the right thing. It would be a very great thing if everyone could do the same.
