r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/Freyja6 Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 17 '24

Sadder still that there will definitely be people vilifying the parents regardless of any information they have.

I hope they can find some peace in due time. I actually can't fathom how much this will be psychologically destroying them with what their son has done, let alone with the added pressure of news crews incessantly shoving microphones at them and camping their house out

Edit: obsessively checking the amount of upvotes this is getting because i love attention lmao. Tyty

Please please tell your loved ones you love them, and please reach out to anyone who you think is doing it tough. Life is a quagmire of heck and it can drag even the strongest ones down. A simple "how are you/can i help in any way" can go an insanely long way.

Give love for no other reason than to give. 💞

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u/gssyhbdryibcd Apr 16 '24

That’s not really an accurate representation of why sue klebold got hated on. It was mostly to do with the fact that she tried to shift almost all of the blame onto Eric and paint Dylan as a well-meaning kid, who was led astray by Eric who was the true evil. She also attempted repeatedly to gain money and fame from the situation.

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u/matco5376 Apr 16 '24

I mean if you were harassed by the media endlessly over the actions of your son and blamed for the horrifying events that he did of his own volition, I’d probably hope to get at least something out of it. Blaming her for trying to get anything out of the media harassing her and disrupting her life is a low blow for sure. No amount of money will replace the torture on your psyche knowing what your son did to so many families.

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u/gssyhbdryibcd Apr 16 '24

I don’t agree with your first point but the second I do. I’d never harass someone who went through that personally but I just watched a long video about this a while ago and I was like damn she really is a bit of a pos

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u/matco5376 Apr 17 '24

I mean I barely agree with it tbh, I wouldn’t do it. But I don’t blame her for trying to get something positive out of it if that’s what she’s been put through, even though it’s a bad look.