Helen Keller, Anne Frank, Victor Frankl, Steven Hawking . . . I could go on and on naming people who have experienced what so many people describe as awful, horrible, bad conditions in their lives. But when you back up and look at the result of that experience, the growth it triggered in these people, or the positve impact these people ultimately have had on the world, your judgement of their experiences or conditions changes.
The fact is we don't know for sure why a little girl would be raped. We all have our opinions, but they are just opinions. But the fact is also that we don't know what the result of that experience will be on her or the rest of the world. Those of you who immediately call the experience an atrocity are doing a disservice to the girl. IMO that is as incensitive as Mr. Vitale's remark.
Disclaimer I did see the show
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