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Hi All,
I'm not sure why it's assumed that if Liz had been soliciting that night she wouldn't have turned an eager customer down for any reason. Why on earth not? If there is a chance that she wasn't soliciting, it would have been by choice, and she would have turned down all offers.
Without introducing any speculation at all, she was a known prostitute who was past whatever prime she had ever enjoyed and was hardly well off. But she didn't appear to be tired of life either, so I doubt she'd have gone off alone with just anyone, especially if they appeared too pushy, too nice, not nice enough, too mean or too broke, or in any way "not quite right". Even before the scare, I imagine that women in her circumstances would have had occasion to say "No" when their instincts told them someone wasn't worth the trouble.
If Liz had any sense at all she would have been inwardly vetting every man who chatted her up that night. Maybe she ended up outside the club because she knew it would be particularly busy and she felt safe there, after earlier turning down a man who was "not quite right". Maybe she found that Jewish men in general treated her relatively well when using her services.
Whoever killed her could so easily have assumed she was actively soliciting there, whether she was or not, and a denial would not have sounded too convincing in the circumstances. Turning a Gentile down outside a club full of Jews would have been one thing; turning down a Gentile with his blood up and a knife sharpened for action would have been quite another. So it all fits a bit too well for me not to consider the ripper as the prime suspect for this crime. Who else fits nearly as well and what is the evidence against him?
Love,
Caz
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I'm not sure why it's assumed that if Liz had been soliciting that night she wouldn't have turned an eager customer down for any reason. Why on earth not? If there is a chance that she wasn't soliciting, it would have been by choice, and she would have turned down all offers.
Without introducing any speculation at all, she was a known prostitute who was past whatever prime she had ever enjoyed and was hardly well off. But she didn't appear to be tired of life either, so I doubt she'd have gone off alone with just anyone, especially if they appeared too pushy, too nice, not nice enough, too mean or too broke, or in any way "not quite right". Even before the scare, I imagine that women in her circumstances would have had occasion to say "No" when their instincts told them someone wasn't worth the trouble.
If Liz had any sense at all she would have been inwardly vetting every man who chatted her up that night. Maybe she ended up outside the club because she knew it would be particularly busy and she felt safe there, after earlier turning down a man who was "not quite right". Maybe she found that Jewish men in general treated her relatively well when using her services.
Whoever killed her could so easily have assumed she was actively soliciting there, whether she was or not, and a denial would not have sounded too convincing in the circumstances. Turning a Gentile down outside a club full of Jews would have been one thing; turning down a Gentile with his blood up and a knife sharpened for action would have been quite another. So it all fits a bit too well for me not to consider the ripper as the prime suspect for this crime. Who else fits nearly as well and what is the evidence against him?
Love,
Caz
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