Posted By Jared Johnson on David McKay's Jesus Christians Forum
Note to the mod here-I hope it's OK to post the letters as they are already public on McKay's site however if it's wrong please advise me. Apparrently "he" IS gathering IP addresses and some people do not want to have to go to his site to read as they have too much to lose should he get nasty with them. Please PM me if I am doing anything wrong by reposting these letters. I have provided the link for those who wish to go to the site to see the originals. Thank you.
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Posted By Jared Johnson on David McKay's Jesus Christians Forum
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Re: To Sheila, Jared, or any other Johnsons/Simpsons 22/10/2010 03:11
Hi Son
This is Dad again. Thanks for acknowledging my honesty because I want you to understand how hard it is for me to open up to you on a public forum. However, you can imagine how shocked I was when you asked a series of questions about what had happened in Long Beach.
You may be suspicious about my reluctance to have these discussions but I’m not comfortable with these talks with such a large public audience. When I told you I was sorry about what happened I meant it and I wish that day had never happened.
It hurts me every time I hear suggestions that your Mom/ I were trying to kill you or your friends, or that if we had another opportunity we would. We both acknowledge we are sinners and what happened was wrong, but to suggest we are murderers or potential murders is unfair and simply not true.
The incident was as a result of a heated situation where anger got the better of your brother and I. I have acknowledged it and apologize for it.
There has been a lot of backlash resulting from a very heated situation where fear and anger got the best of me. I know that I should have remained calm and I apologize for letting my emotions rule me. I will list some of the consequences below:
The “Whipping Trail”; The Fox News Media Special; The Criminal Trail; suspension from my job ; A school board review where I could have lost my ability to teach; A civil law suit with a settlement amount of $54,000; A $27,000 payment for medical bills; Exposure of the video footage on You Tube; Constant criticism of your family and especially your mother on the Internet; Release of prejudicial information (where the facts of the case are false and misleading) on a series of search engines.
The proposed request for us to appear in court to take action against Rick Ross is not feasible. I believe you could settle your differences peacefully with him. Please understand that anyone can go on that site and post information on any body. Will you agree that your group has done a series of controversial acts, which often has resulted in bad publicity? For example, you used the media for the “Whipping Trail” and that garnered a negative backlash on your group. Some of your critics have used the various media outlets that your group has solicited to discredit/criticize your group.
I understand that you are not quite ready to make a home visit. If you’re not ready for a home visit that’s fine. I’m not going to push the issue. However, I’ll simply reassure you that you are my son and you are always welcome home.
If there is ever a time that you feel you want to come home I want you to feel free to do so.
I realize that you are probably still angry but I’d like you to focus on the positive times we shared with you. I wasn’t a perfect parent but I did my best to show you love and invest my time with you.
My love for you has always been unconditional and I pray for you everyday. It would be great if we could change what happened on that dreadful day.
I would like to see us stop fighting long enough for you to give us an update on what’s happening with you.
Love always,
Dad