Re: So who WAS she, then?

[Olga]

Lexi4, we're not talking about Anastasia Nikolaevna, but Franziska Schankowska. The tiniest minority of people think there were two mothers in the Schankowsky household (but not at the same time).

[AGRBear]

Let me see if I can get some of you to understand.  Because you're having a hard time.

This is Penny's thread.

Penny wanted to know if AA was NOT  FS then who could AA have been?

Very simple question.

And it is true, we do not have a birth certificate for Gerturde.

It is true, we're not talking about DNA.

Now, please tell me, what is it that some of you don't understand


It it the word:
So?
Or is it
WAS?
Or is it
She?
Or is it
then?

Of course, I know you understand the question  .

Hey, you know what it is that some of you are trouble having with this topic?  Gosh, how could I be such a cotton brain bear!? Some of you think AA is FS and FS is AA    [Bear gives a huge sigh.]  I know.  I know.  But I'm sorry to say  , this isn't the topic.

TOPIC PELASE.

AAGRBear

[Helen_Azar]

This is Penny's thread.
Penny wanted to know if AA was NOT  FS then who could AA have been? Very simple question.

Well, the very simple answer is that realistically speaking, based on strong scientific evidence, it appears that AA could not have been anyone other than FS. I am sorry that it is not as interesting of an answer as you would have liked.

[Olga]

God, you are patronising, AGRBear.  

[Helen_Azar]

Let me see if I can get some of you to understand.  Because you're having a hard time.

This is Penny's thread.

Penny wanted to know if AA was NOT  FS then who could AA have been?

Very simple question.

And it is true, we do not have a birth certificate for Gerturde.

It is true, we're not talking about DNA.

Now, please tell me, what is it that some of you don't understand


It it the word:
So?
Or is it
WAS?
Or is it
She?
Or is it
then?

Of course, I know you understand the question  .

Hey, you know what it is that some of you are trouble having with this topic?  Gosh, how could I be such a cotton brain bear!? Some of you think AA is FS and FS is AA    [Bear gives a huge sigh.]  I know.  I know.  But I'm sorry to say  , this isn't the topic.
TOPIC PELASE.

AAGRBear

Yes, if you continue in this tone, you may scare off some newbies or make some posters want to leave the forum! Practice what you preach, Bear.

[AGRBear]

 

I'm laughing quite hard.

Let me catch my breath.
[Bear giggles]

Now, let me wipe away my tears so I can see the screen.

[Bear trying not to giggle.]

I can't say this old bear has ever been accused of scaring away newbies and I find the accusation quite humerous.

Could we please, please, please, get back to the subject.  

SO WHO WAS SHE, THEN?

AGRBear

[Helen_Azar]

 humerous

That would be "humorous" or "humourous" if you are in Great Britain.

[Olga]

This is quite strange. I've never seen the Bear express emotion. I do believe this is a first, people.

[AGRBear]

I am flattered that old bear has become the subject but like I've asked:  

Topic, Please.

So, who WAS she, then? if she wasn't AA or FS

AGRBear

[Helen_Azar]

So, who WAS she, then? if she wasn't AA or FS

If who wasn't AA or FS?  

[Annie]

You want topic, please? How about this for an answer: after months of discussing this NO ONE has been able to come up with even one name, one viable candidate for who she was if she wasn't FS, just as there has been no 'real killer' surface in the OJ case after 11 years. I have seen nothing presented that would even make me wonder if there was a different person, everything we've seen keeps coming right back full circle. The likelihood she was anyone else is about as high as the likelihood that I am really Anastasia's granddaughter. So I would conclude that AA really was FS after all. It may have been an interesting question in the beginning, but with nothing to contradict what we already know, (especially the dna) it looks like we have our answer. And don't say we never gave this a chance, look how long the thread is!

[Helen_Azar]

How about this for an answer: after months of discussing this NO ONE has been able to come up with even one name, one viable candidate for who she was if she wasn't FS...

And this is because... she was FS! There is no one else she could have been and this is why no one was able to come with any other name!

...just as there has been no 'real killer' surface in the OJ case after 11 years.

There was no "real" killer surfacing for OJ because OJ was the killer. There is no other candidate surfacing for the identity of AA because she was FS!  

[AGRBear]

If who wasn't AA or FS?  

That was good, Helen.

If AA wasn't FS and if FS wasn't AA then who was AA?  THE TOPIC.

I don't have the slightest idea.  

This doesn't stop me from speculating.  

Bear is having a fun morning on this bright and shinny "Satgrrday", hope all of you are, too.

AGRBear

[Helen_Azar]

This doesn't stop me from speculating.  

So where does the speculation end and acceptance of the "truth" begin? I thought you were big on "the truth".

[AGRBear]

"Truth ever lovely--since the world began
The foe of tyrants, and the friend of Man."

Campell, THE PLEASURES OF HOPE.


Speculation is to wonder and ponder and investigate possibilities, which may or may not lead us to old and new truths.

I for one would never eliminate "speculation", which by the way, is how and why this topic  "So who WAS she, then?" was created.

AGRBear