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Pure evil - but what is it about Austria and her ‘cellar children’?

Posted under General/Current by Wendy on April 30th, 2008 5:56 pm

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In August 2006 the world was shocked when teenager Natascha Kampusch escaped from her ‘prison’ in a Viennese suburbian house after being kidnapped in 1998 as an eleven year old child and held captive there as a sex slave for eight years by a depraved paedophile…just miles from her family’s home.  In February 2007 Austria revealed once again that three young children had been rescued after being enslaved by their criminally sick mother for seven years in a rat-infested cellar in Linz. It has happened yet again…

I think that most of the civilised world is reeling in shock right now after learning about Josef Fritzl and his daughter whom he kept locked and hidden away in the cellar of his Amstettan house for the past 24 years. The details of this story are repugnant, disgusting, vile and almost unbelievable…except for the fact that his daughter, Elisabeth, was found along with three of the seven children she bore to her father during her imprisonment.

This revolting piece of scum lured his 17 year old daughter into the cellar of his house back in September 1984, left her there, and locked the door behind him leaving her trapped. What followed for this poor girl over the next 24 years at the hands of her father was a litany of crimes against everything that we as a civilised society hold to; incest, rape, enforced captivity, suppression of human rights, child abuse…

Over a span of 24 years, during her imprisonment in the cellar of her family home, Josef Fritzl continually raped and abused his own daughter; as a result of this abuse she endured seven pregnancies, the babies all sired by her own father.  This girl suffered, lived and gave birth in the tiny space of a few square feet. And all the time, living above her prison, was her own mother who has claimed she never knew what was going on during all that time.

Excuse me?…your husband forbids you to venture below a staircase in your own house for 24 years; he disappears on a regular basis ‘downstairs’ during which time he is raping his own daughter and subsequently delivering the babies she bears from the assaults. Three of the babies he ‘brings up’ to the house claiming he ‘found them on the door step’ and his wife accepts them and agrees to raise them as her own…the other three he leaves captive in the cellar with their mother…his daughter.  This woman lived one floor above the ‘prison’ in which her daughter lived and gave birth seven times…surely she heard her screams during the labour and birth…surely she noticed her husband taking food and supplies downstairs…surely to god she noticed something over those 24 years!!!

She claims she heard, and knew, nothing. She accepted three babies her husband presented to her as ‘foundlings’ and raised them; her daughter gave birth seven times - one birth resulted in twins with one baby dying and Josef Fritzl disposed of the baby’s body in the cellars’ incinerator. Three other children he kept imprisoned with his daughter, their mother, and three he took ‘upstairs’ to be raised as ‘foundlings’. And his wife claims ignorance of the whole thing.

When Elisabeth Fritzl was found she had not seen daylight for 24 years, she is white haired and extremely frail; her three children - the eldest aged 19 and deathly ill - had never seen daylight, had never been outside of the cellar they were trapped in. Her two little boys had never seen a car, another human being, the sun or the moon. Her daughter, aged 19, is so sick she is fighting for her life in hospital.  Elisabeth is no better.

What kind of evil man is Josef Fritzl? what kind of man locks his own daughter up in a tiny room for 24 years and continually rapes and abuses her during that time…what kind of man impregnates his own daughter seven times!! what kind of woman claims ” I know nothing” as his wife has done ?

What really sickens me is that, as those children were confined to such a small space with their mother over all that time, they would have witnessed in some way the serial sexual abuse of their mother and also the births of their siblings.
I wonder if these children, and their mother, will ever be able to live normal lives in the future even if they have now been rescued.
The eyes of the world are on the Austrian authorities now…they had better darn well make this depraved and evil creature pay for what he has done. Clearly there is something horribly wrong with Austrian society - with family life there - this girl, Elisabeth, was reported to have ‘disappeared’ 24 years ago and yet not once was her home ever searched.  Her father built her concrete prison with a grant from the Austrian Govt.

How can a country that has given the world such beauty in the form of Mozart, Bruckner, Haydn and Strauss also spawn such horrors as Adolf Hitler and now Josef Fritzl…amongst others?

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Club membership that any Aussie would love!

Posted under Commercial, Shopping by Wendy on April 29th, 2008 11:51 am

However many Aussies would be disappointed to learn that this particular club is based in the US - for now - but who knows for the future? anyway, I want to tell you about a great new way of choosing a gift for someone you love, or just know exactly what they like…a club membership! these clubs are out of the ordinary as they are gift clubs and when you join up you receive on a monthly basis a delivery of top quality products all relevant to the club you have signed up with.

Here’s how it works and for my example I will choose a product close to any Aussie’s heart…beer. There are not too many beer clubs around to my knowledge where you can enjoy a regular monthly delivery of fine beers fresh from one of the many small independant breweries who supply Clubs of America.

Now, when you join their beer of the month club you also receive a monthly newsletter and some great information telling where your particular brew for that month has originated; who was involved in the creation process, biographical background about the individual company and when you develop a liking for any particular brand you will qualify for a discount on re-ordering.

You’ve talked me into it…how do I join!!

To start with you can take out membership for one month up to twelve months - there is no minimum which is a great aspect. This is why these club memberships make for such a great gift idea - why not join up Grand-Dad for his birthday as a beer of the month club member if he loves his beer? you can also choose to ship to him on a monthly/every other month or third monthly basis; and don’t forget of course that they can only deliver to those over 21 and an adult signature is required on receipt.

Any other incentives…?

Yep. Choose a twelve month membership and you receive bonus club cash to redeem whenever you want on other merchandise or maybe towards another membership - it’s up to you! if you are choosing this as a gift you have the option of choosing a gift letter to go along with the delivery as well. Maybe you are head of a corporation/business/club?…this would make an ideal way to reward employees for performance and for large group orders there is an added discount bonus.

There are lot’s of other clubs to consider with Clubs of America whether you like chocolate, flowers, wine or even cigars - just take your pick. You can order online or by phone so why not get hold of a catalogue asap?

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Mad moggy-mania!

Posted under Not too serious by Wendy on April 29th, 2008 11:09 am

I saw these pics of some crazy cats; there are more on this website called lolcats. If you love puddy-tats with attitude or sense of humour go take a look - it’s hilarious. I’ve put some of my own captions to a couple…

” If there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s a paw driver! “

” Aw gee, I just hope the guys down the alley don’t see these! “

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