Tea at Trianon: The Girl Behind the Green Gate

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

The Girl Behind the Green Gate

From Destiny Rescue:

Appalled by what he was seeing, Caleb started building a case. He noticed a distinctive building in the background of one video that let him know that the perpetrator was calling from the Philippines. From there, Caleb began the grueling, heartbreaking work of poring over the videos for clues, all while maintaining seemingly friendly contact with the trafficker so TJ wouldn’t grow suspicious.

As months passed, Caleb worked on other cases and rescued other children but never stopped trying to locate this particular trafficker. Without ever purchasing or even asking for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), Caleb played the part of an interested but uncommitted customer.

As time passed, some of the children became familiar. One particular little girl named Chelsea was offered again and again. Caleb learned that she was only 3 years old. His heart burned every time the bright-eyed, innocent child was offered for a live-streaming sex show. He longed to see the dear girl freed from the horrors she was facing. (Read more.)