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True_Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:42 PM Original message |
Lara Logan Suffered 'Brutal' Sexual Assault In Egypt |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder if it was a bunch of thugs who don't think women should be reporters |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. wasn't there news of there being sexual assaults early on ? |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. This is what happens on a daily basis with our dictators. |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. What does your comment mean? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Deleted message |
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. 1 story that was not picked up by anyone else or verified |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. She was on Charlie Rose....... |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. that interview was dated Feb. 7th, so that would be before the attack. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Goddamit.... I KNEW if she fucked around over there... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. um |
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MonkeyMama (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. yep |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. you know it, MonkeyMama |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Never seen a newswoman attacked and raped on camera in the US. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. What's the precise and moral difference between a "brazen" rape versus just rape? |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 01:49 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. No moral difference, both are evil. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. You believe then that there are no rapes perpetrated in front of crowds |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Are you going to keep changing the question until you get what you want? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Nope. Simply deconstruction your position. |
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HighLowRoller87 (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. I don't believe you can say that attacks here in the U.S. aren't as brazen as what happened to Logan |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. So, California is Egypt then, you may have a point. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
71. Yes... cell phones recorded it. |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #28 |
42. "on camera"? what is YOUR point? |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
65. That crime openly in public is even worse because there is no fear of consequences. |
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Alameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
59. It didn't say she was raped. Let's not exagerate things. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #59 |
78. it didn't say she wasn't raped --let's not exclude things before knowing the facts |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Neither can men, in some places... |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
49. A woman w/ a gun can NT |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
81. Only if no one else has a gun--and maybe not even then.... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. the story is indeed worth the risks.... |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. We see it differently... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. An alternate take... |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You must be young.... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
61. You take zero risks? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #35 |
53. Six of one, half a dozen of the other. |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
67. I believe that you're mistaken regarding Pyle. How would he have |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
55. That was a most revealing interview, Lara Logan directly took on the power structures of Egypt |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. No doubt it was from pro-Mubarak supporters.... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. SHe got attacked at the celebration of Mubarek's ouster |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 12:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Every other journalist was attacked by |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
80. no supporters of Mubarak could possibly have been in the same location as the celebrants |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. the government supplies the presidential guard with liquor and viagra |
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Democat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
48. No doubt? Because no anti-Mubarak protesters are sexist pigs? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Only groups of people you disagree with |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. It's possible, but unlikely given |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. Damn. |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Horrible. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. She is a very brave lady... I want to aknowledge the Egyptians.. |
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Kceres (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. OMG. She had a baby about a year or so ago. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I'd say about zero that anyone is even going to look. |
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Kceres (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Unfortunately, you are probably right. It was probably chaos. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. They no doubt have them on videotape, but I doubt that will matter. |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. I'd say about 100%, based on an IM from a friend in a position to know... |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
63. The Munich approach is not a bad idea. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. None whatsoever |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Why does her state of motherhood matter? |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. It is doubly tragic when a child is affected by such events. |
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pamela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. That is terribly sad news. |
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devils chaplain (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Sometimes... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. There are no words!!! |
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bookworm65t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. Katie Couric just now "...we wish her the very best." WTF? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
51. Well there's not a whole that could be said |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
29. "She deserved it for going there." --Free Republic |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. See my comment above. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
43. What not to say about Lara Logan |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Oh look, another one. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
54. Heard on station today she will be in hospital for a long time |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
56. Wow. This is just awful. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
58. I am NEVER going to |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Maybe because I am female but |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
72. Since males |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. The women's movement of the 60's kind of got it wrong. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. I grew up in the '60's and we nearly |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #73 |
82. Can recognize what you're saying -- especially young girls made very insecure ... but ... |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Such an ridiculous block of text. |
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Ricepaper (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
62. Wonder if she was targeted by Mubarek's thugs |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Well there have been news reports of pro-Mubarek thugs who were told that all reporters are... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #62 |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. I think that is exactly what happened |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
74. Lara Logan is a brave woman. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #74 |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
79. I hope she's physically all right and not permanently injured. I'm sure she will never mentally |
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