Crooked in Canada

I have followed your position on the Hawach case for some time now and find that there are a lot of contradictions and discrepancies in your argument which discredit much of what you say in this case.

You call Melissa a money grabbing tart one minute and then a rich daddy’s girl the next. Which is she? Or is she both?

You once claimed to actually have known Melissa some time ago and I wonder if you were burnt by her. You seem very bitter and disproportionately critical of everything you read about her.

You are correct only in one thing and that is that we are yet to hear from Joseph or his family.

There is one blindingly obvious reason for this, but I wonder what your take on this silence is.

I actually knew both of them briefly when they lived in Sydney and always found Melissa to be warm and friendly, whereas Joe was always quiet and dismissive – bordering on rude. He may very well have been quite shy although I never really got that impression. Of all the staff that worked for them at their restaurant, I heard nothing but praise for Melissa. What would you put this down to?

I guess my main questions for you are – Why are you so bitter about this story? Why do you feel that Melissa is cheating the world of something? Plenty of other women in the world have been in similar situations and have used the media in a similar way to highlight their case. Why does this one in particular rub you the wrong way?

What would you honestly do if you found yourself in her position? Can you really answer this question if you don’t have children of your own?

I genuinely am intrigued by your reaction to this story… you’re entire vitriol against the Engdahl family and the relentlessness with which you approach it is a psychologists dream.

Kind Regards,

Money grubbing tart? I call it the way I see it. I’m sure I’ve called Melissa a lot worse, like an adulterous, and a gold-digger too. What can I say, in this story it all started with money, and what might have been going through Melissa’s mind when she first met Joe.

Rich Daddy’s Girl? Yep, she’s one of them too as far as I’m concerned. Melissa throughout her life would have needed daddy to bail her out once in a while, and that’s okay, it only goes to show that Jim, regardless of what he did to get what he wants and needs is a good provider. He stepped on a few toes along the way to be able to do that, and made some very influential friends.

Yes I did claim that I actually knew Melissa, but I think it was the very next day that I played the bait card. It might have been a day later, but it’s there somewhere. Use the search this blog button and I’m sure you’ll find it.

Bitter and disproportionally critical of what I read about her? Are you kidding me, please qualify? By the way, I’ve never been burnt by her [nice choice of words by the way]but I have been burnt by many women, but hey I worked in the hospitality industry, and that’s the price you pay sometimes.

I’m very correct on one thing, the only side of the story we have been hearing is what Melissa, the Engdahls, and the MCSC is telling the media in Canada, and what Sandra Lee is saying about the story down here. Have you ever heard of her, do you know her? I imagine she’s having a hard time with getting in touch with the Hawachs to hear their side of the story. It’s not like I haven’t tried myself. Why do you think the Hawachs are so silent, do you think it could be because unlike the Engdahls they’re going to make their case through the courts, and not in the media? Or maybe it’s because Joseph hasn’t popped up since the whole gunpoint re-abduction thing in Lebanon happened.

You knew both them briefly huh? That’s interesting. Rude huh? I don’t know, I’ve never met the man, but just because he was quiet and had a non-chalant kind of attitude during the brief time you knew him doesn’t mean he was also stupid, perhaps a little dumb when it came to Canadian women.

I’m sure Melissa was a great waitress, and came across as a great Canadian girl while she was here in Oz, but that doesn’t necessarily a good person either.

I’m not bitter about this story. I’m more interested in knowing all the details of this story, and when it comes to my blog, well like I said, “I don’t mind putting my own spin and theory on a story.” It’s a creative thing I think, not sure. How ’bout you, any ideas as to why you think I’m bitter.

I don’t think Melissa is cheating the world, I think she’s cheating her family, and she did cheat on her husband you know.

Plenty of other women have done it, but it hasn’t always worked for them has it? This one rubs me the wrong way because a) it’s one sided, b) never had to come to this, and c) a taxpayer funded charity was involved in this story.

If I were in her position, well that’s a tough one, because as you already have stated I have no children of my own. I do have stepchildren though, does that count? If it does, I would never even consider a gun-point re-abduction of my children if I had more than enough money to spread around. If I had the kind of money the Engdhals have I would have spent less than the half million dollars or so the Engdhals spent [lol] and I would have gotten my stepchildren back without sending armed men into a home in a country that is so violent. Bribes would have worked just fine, and I’m pretty sure given Canada’s relationship with Lebanon, Melissa would have gotten her children back without putting on a show and involving the Missing Children Society of Canada. This could have been handled a lot better than it was, and there is a lot of blame to spread around for what it has turned into.

I’m a psychologists dream huh? Flattery will get no where.

Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. Have you not been paying attention to the rest of my blog, or are you only interested in what I have to say about the Engdahls and Melissa? What brought you here, more than curiosity I’m sure?