Re: EAR/ONS/GSK Case Compared to Zodiac and TK
AK Wilks wrote:That is a good book.
Yes Ted hated his parents. But they were not verbally abusive in any way. Ted was a withdrawn difficult child. They were wonderfully supportive and encouraging of him. This is clear from the recollections of David as well as other family, friends and neighbors.
The Murray ecperiments at Harvard, which Ted participated in, were probably part of the CIA MK-ULTRA project and damaged Ted's already damaged mind.
Actually, Ted writes that he was verbally abused by his parents. Here is the translation of this document.
"July 5, 1991
Dear Ma,
Not long ago you invited me to write to you about my "abandonment pain" as you called it. I'm going to do so now, but I don't think you'll
enjoy hearing what I have to say.
On June 14 you wrote to me: "I feel bad that you are so intolerant of a bother whose feelings for you have always been so generous and loving.
Your rejection of him has hurt him deeply." This is typical of the way I've been treated in the family, ever since my teens. Whenever I hurt someone else's feelings I am a
automatically treated as the bad boy - the fault in all on my side, and someone else in the family tells me I should go to the offended party and apologize. When someone else says or does something that hurts my feelings, they are never
asked to apologize. (At any rate, I have almost never received an apology for anything from any member of the family.) On the contrary, I have sometimes been asked to be "understanding toward the person who has insulted me.
For instance, in one case (during a winter I spend with you around 1970) after you had heaped a lot of unprovoked verbal abuse on my head, Dad came to me and told me that I should be the .. of you because you were... Apparently.
Dear Ma:
I can't honestly say that I feel any sorrow over Dad's death. you know why. But I must say that I feel very sorry for you. These events must be extremely hard on you. I never resented you quite as much as I resented Dad. During my teens I had to take a lot of verbal abuse from both of you, but you at least made up for it with warmth and affection at other times, whereas Dad was generally rather cold toward me during that period. If you'd like to be reconciled an resume correspondence with me, I am willing.
But I must say that I am puzzled by a note I had from Dave inviting me to a memorial service for Dad. I have never heard the term memorial service used except in reference to a religious function. I would appreciate it if you would explain why a memorial service would be held by a family of atheists. I certainly hope you haven't been converted! And I am very surprised that Dave would think that I would want to attend a memorial service or any other religious function. Needless to say, I'm not going to do so. But, once again, you do have my sympathy for what you must be going through."
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