[Plummz]

If it's all true, should they admit that? Would they still have the support and help of their Mormon community and the political structure which would just as soon have it shushed up?

Or can they get the community to help more by joining in the fiction that's nothing is going on by ignoring it to the point that the newspaper isn't even sold at most local outlets?

[stlnative]

I am offline here pretty much now until after 10pm central time tonight. I have to cook dinner and do some house cleaning. Please feel free to keep sending private emails to be added to the Elizabeth Smart ping list, a private FR email is best so I do not miss your request. I'll update my ping list as often as I can during the day.

Prayers for Elizabeth and her family... --- Brigette

[per loin]

I can neither speak for the Mormons, not predict how they might act, but as an outsider to their community, I'd expect them to act with the same admirable sense of compassion that they have shown thus far.

The sad reality is that the Smart family, and their linen, are now under public scrutiny. The practical reality is that truth is their best option; it has a power that can not long be suppressed.