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Terrible what happened to her but truth is she is a public figure and has not avoided the limelight either. (Not that that matters with my argument but will mention). She is fair game for any creative pursuit (song, movie, book, news article, blog post) and nobody owes her any courtesy to reach out they can if they want.

Imagine if you wrote randomly to Amanda Knox vs. some other non well known person. Generally you would not expect to get a reply from Amanda (who probably has all sorts or randos and non randos (ie random person) reaching out) but a well written letter to a non famous (or notorious) person you'd probably get a reply.

Nobody owes her anything just like she is not obligated to anyone as similar to the rest of us. She doesn't get any special courtesy because of what happened to her just another regular person at this point.

This reminds me of how a good looking man or women often is. They reject people all the time but when they get rejected they get all indignant that they were not treated with respect.



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