Time for a chat...

Anonymous said...
does anyone know the other side to this story? Amy went over to travis' appartment and broke all his stuff and went crazy. he asked her to leave and she refused. she then started physically attacking him. he has scratches all over his body from Amy's attack. This also was not the first time she has physically hurt him. She had preveiously given him two black eyes. Travis also has a whitness that says he never saw him intentionally hurt Amy. If you ask me, Amy is the one who needs anger management. She's the one who needs help. And people need to stop spreading bullsh*t rumors over the internet.

2/21/2007 4:02 PM


Anonymous said...
So why don't all of you stop judging someone you don't even know about a situation you know nothing about.

2/21/2007 4:13 PM

Dear “Anonymous” Commenter,

First of all, I would like to thank you for commenting on THIS post. I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t been waiting to hear from you. Quite the contrary, actually. I’ve been eagerly anticipating your arrival and would like to formally welcome you to the conversation. I do hope you stick around for awhile, as we have a lot to discuss.

Let me begin by answering your first question: “Does anyone know the other side to this story?” My answer is no. No, I don’t know the other side of the story. Quite frankly, I don’t even care. Amy is my sister. She says that Travis hurt her. I do not need to know anything else. She is my family, and families trust and believe one another unconditionally. If the same is not true for your family, I am truly sorry.

This will probably seem painfully obvious to you, but I would like to take the opportunity to point something out: Just as I am not familiar with Travis’ side of the story, you are apparently not familiar with Amy’s. I would like to encourage you to become educated about Amy’s side of the story. And by “educated” I mean “from the source”. No more of this hearsay nonsense. That is getting us nowhere. Once you have properly educated yourself about both sides (from the horses mouths, so to speak), feel free to chastise me publicly about my alliance to Amy being so one sided. Until then, however, do not ask me again to do something that you yourself have so clearly left undone.

As for “spreading bullsh*t rumors over the internet”, I must disagree. In my post on Monday, I did not delve into any of the particulars of the events that transpired on the evening in question. In fact, my argument was only that I did not believe anyone, under any circumstances, deserved to be hit. This is true for my commentary as well. If you do not believe me, I invite you to revisit the posting for yourself. HERE is another link to it for your convenience.

Even if, as you claim, Amy did go, “Over to Travis' apartment and broke all his stuff and went crazy,” why does this give Travis the right to hit her? Why didn’t he simply pick up the phone and call the cops? Or walk away? Travis is almost a foot taller than Amy, and I find it hard to believe that he was incapable of removing himself from the situation.

Similarly, had Amy really physically attacked Travis on previous occasions, which I seriously doubt, why did he again decide to remain silent? I stand by my belief that no one, under any circumstances, deserves to be hit. So, why did he do nothing? Was he simply embarrassed that a girl, no taller than five foot one, was able to give him not one, but two black eyes? Why didn’t he take pictures or call the police and document this supposed assault? Why didn’t you, his friend, support him in filing charges? After all, it is hard to hide a black eye (much less two). Yet, you are the first person to ever disclose this “information”. My guess is that, even if (and what a big “if” it is!) Travis was on the receiving end of a couple of black eyes, there is no way that he can, beyond a shadow of a doubt, tie Amy to them. Which leads us back to “hearsay”. Forgive me if I’m no longer interested in hearing such silly rumors that you yourself are now responsible for spreading all over the internet.

As for your claim that Amy scratched Travis, of that I have no doubt. In fact, she told me she scratched him. Told the cops as well. After all, scratching is a very common defense mechanism employed by individuals in an attempt to get away from both the attack and their attacker. I’d go so far as to call it a textbook reaction, given the circumstances.

Of course, I’m sure you will be very quick to point out that I was not in the room that evening. To which I would respond: Neither were you. Unless you are the very man in question, but I seriously doubt that Travis Clayton wrote either of the comments listed above. Much more likely that you are one of the “friends” I mentioned in Monday’s post. Why, may I ask, do you feel the need to mask your identity by posting as “Anonymous”? Are you not secure enough to go on the record as a named individual who supports Travis? If I felt confident enough to defend a friend of mine publicly, I would have no problem letting the world know who I was. After all, I’d want that friend and everyone else to know that I was proud to support them and their cause. Not ashamed and hiding behind a non identity.

I know what you are probably thinking: My blog does not reveal my true identity, either. However, rest assured, Amy only has one sister. My identity really isn’t a mystery, now is it?

Had Travis been secure enough in his own story that evening, he could have very easily opened his door and spoken with the Dallas Police Officers when they came over to question him that evening. By doing so, his side of the story would have been officially heard and documented. Instead, Travis chose to remain silent and avoid the cops (literately) knocking at his door. Forgive me, but I see that not only as a cowardly act, but a near admission of guilt as well.

As for this supposed witness: I am assuming you are speaking of Travis’ roommate at the time. Since the roommate was in his bedroom for most of the events that transpired that evening, I am not surprised that, “He never saw [Travis] intentionally hurt Amy”. Technically, Travis’ roommate never saw Travis NOT intentionally hurt Amy, either. This brings us back to Amy’s injuries. Exactly, how do you explain those? Did the bruises just appear? Or are you implying something much more sinister?...Namely, that Amy’s injuries were self inflicted? Please do not make me go into all the reasons why THAT is a ridiculous notion. I do not have any desire to waste my time probing into the absurdly hypothetical. And, quite frankly, if you have to resort to the absurd to explain away something, than maybe there is a much more obvious answer (i.e. that Travis really did hit Amy that night).

As for your final statement of, “Why don't all of you stop judging someone you don't even know about a situation you know nothing about”. I would like to remind you of two things. One: you aren’t even following your own instructions seeing as though you are neither Amy nor Travis, and are basing your involvement in the situation upon a bunch of “he said, she said”. Again, do not ask something of me that you yourself are not willing to do. Two: I know both Travis and Amy. This is my Blog and I am confident that my freedom of speech is still intact. You, in turn, are welcome to express your beliefs and opinions, as are any individuals who feel so compelled to comment on any of my self-described ramblings. I am under no obligation, moral or otherwise, to agree with you, but I will promise that nothing you write will be erased (unless you or anyone else resorts to what I will describe as “inappropriate name calling”).

With that, I look forward to reading your rebuttal.

Sincerely,
Deals