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- From: Bob.Martin@f816.n107.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Bob Martin)
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- Subject: Re: Amy Fischer Story
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- Date: 2 Jan 93 16:00:00 GMT
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- Hi, Chris. I recently got caught up in a discussion of Amy in another
- conf, basically addressing the issue of what difference it makes if
- Joey -did- have a relationship with her; my thesis is it makes a
- big difference, particularly if she was sexually abused by her father,
- as she's indicated she was (thugh she won't discuss details).
-
- Here's the text from my previous post:
-
- I've been following the Amy Fisher story for a while; it's
- amazing how folks get riled up by her - most people seem
- to think she's a spoiled-selfish slut and deserves what
- she's got.
-
- But it seems to me that being spoiled, selfish or a slut
- is -not criminal.- And Amy, like many of the women who make
- their livings in the sex industry, claims to have been
- abused by her father -- and that makes for an interesting
- psychodrama in terms of Joey Buttafuoco and his wife (her
- vctim), Mary Jo, as proxies for her real parents. (Amy
- claims she had a sexual relationship with Joey; he denies
- it.)
-
- If I may elaborate and speculate just a bit, and indulge myself
- in what some others may term "psychobabble" --
-
- Let's say that Amy's father -was- sexually abusive, in a way
- that stopped somewhere short of actual intercourse, but
- abusive enough to confuse and repel her, and place her "in
- competition" with her mother. At 16, she meets Joey Buttafuoco,
- who replaces her father - and in shooting Mary Jo, Amy is
- effectively "shooting" her sexual-rival mother.
-
- In this context, Amy's act makes a certain amount of twisted
- sense. It doesn't excuse the act, but IMHO, especially
- considering that she is a minor, it expands the culpability
- to other parties, Joey Buttafuoco in particular.
-
- This is entirely dependent on whether Amy is being truthful
- about her relationship with Joey. And I am inclined to believe
- her - the idea that she just went nutso over the lardy Italian,
- with no encouragement from him, and then took it upon herself
- to shoot his wife seems incomprehensible, particularly since
- she has no history of being obssessive (as did Caroline
- Warmus) or violent.
-
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