Mackenzie Phillips Flap

To be honest, I’m not sure what to say about the twisted relationship Mackenzie Phillips and her father, the Mamas and the Papas singer John Phillips, had with each other. I understand that everyone has a different notion of where to draw the line on moral depravity, but this is off the charts by any measure. And yet, somehow there seems to be as much disdain for Mackenzie Phillips herself as for her father in all this sordid mess. Now, I understand that he is no longer alive and that serious drug abuse by both of them contributed to a sick and twisted life, but does the fact that Mackenzie was an older teen and young adult when much of this occurred make John Phillips any less culpable in the whole situation? I mean, a father is always a father after all, no matter how old his daughter may be, isn’t he? --NewsMom