Comments on: Lynndie England’s Case Ends in Mistrial

By: actus

actus — Sat, 07 May 2005 12:43:50 +0000

“Hereâ€™s my question, did England and company make sure the baathists knew the safe word?”

Its not illegal when htere’s consent.

By: Redeem America

Redeem America — Sat, 07 May 2005 03:15:14 +0000

Lynndie England update

The judge has rejected Lynndie England’s guilty plea, one of the depraved guards who was making fun of Iraqis’ naked bodies. And this is why: Under military law, the judge could formally accept her guilty plea only if he was [sic] convinced that she …

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 07 May 2005 03:13:35 +0000

SCSI, you’re3 on a roll

By: SCSIwuzzy

SCSIwuzzy — Fri, 06 May 2005 18:46:52 +0000

I know some folks who would pay for the kind of mistreatment these criminals endured
Here’s my question, did England and company make sure the baathists knew the safe word?

By: mollo

mollo — Fri, 06 May 2005 18:20:47 +0000

I’m also siding with the “this isn’t torture” argument. It is mistreatment though. Let’s move on.

By: Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts — Fri, 06 May 2005 03:13:01 +0000

we overlook the fact that the rejection of the guilty plea might result in more time served for england.

By: SCSIwuzzy

SCSIwuzzy — Thu, 05 May 2005 16:34:40 +0000

# 19: Charly, you’re new around here, so I’ll save you some time: Beacause he’s actus, LaShawn’s resident contrarian. The proverbial slave whispering in the conqueror’s ear “Remember you are nothing but a man.”
Or in this case, a woman

By: JackLewis.net

JackLewis.net — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:47:02 +0000

Judge rejects England guilty plea

From the Associated Press: In what military legal experts describe as a "shocker," the judge put the case of former…

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 05 May 2005 14:07:43 +0000

Frank, spot on. LOL.

By: Frank Zavisca

Frank Zavisca — Thu, 05 May 2005 14:05:20 +0000

ANOTHER SLOW-TALKING WEST VIRGINIAN

I forgot to note another famour slow-talking West Virginian – and a smart one at that:

SENATOR ROBERT KKK BYRD

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 05 May 2005 13:35:07 +0000

Frank, but don’t you know that’s PC to put men & women together in combat?

Score one for the women’s liberation to risk life & limb, as well as jail for stupid acts.

Wonder if the sexualization of the prisoners would have happened in a male only situation?

I think the defense attempt to use the addled victimization card is going to backfire, and rightly so. There is no excuse for prisoner abuse and it gives legal torture a bad name.

By: actus

actus — Thu, 05 May 2005 13:32:32 +0000

“#18 Why do you assume there was worse?”

Because I think our JAG authorities are more competent than lindie, and wouldn’t have charged her for just putting panties on people’s heads.

Also, I think that for most of us, putting panties on our heads would require some actual application of force, because we wouldn’t submit to it. And thus its quite reasonable to expect that putting panties on someone’s head requires convincing them or coercing them to.

By: Frank Zavisca

Frank Zavisca — Thu, 05 May 2005 13:13:24 +0000

I donâ€™t buy at all that Pvt England was â€œbrain damagedâ€ – such people just donâ€™t qualify for military duty.

And donâ€™t let the slow-talking drawl fool you – I lived in W Va from 1978 to 1982 – this is just the local styly – a lot of smart people talk slow with a drawl.

I donâ€™t believe â€œtortureâ€ is the proper term here, but it sure was unprofessional conduct- so unprofessional that it warrents jail time.

Like the mud-wrestling incident, this is just living proof of the folly of close contact of men and women in combat.

By: Frank Zavisca

Frank Zavisca — Thu, 05 May 2005 13:12:22 +0000

I don’t buy at all that Pvt England was “brain damaged” – such people just don’t qualify for military duty.

And don’t let the slow-talking drawl fool you – I lived in W Va from 1978 to 1982 – this is just the local styly – a lot of smart people talk slow with a drawl.

I don’t believe “torture” is the proper term here, but it sure was unprofessional conduct- so unprofessional that it warrents jail time.

Like the mud-wrestling incident, this is just living proof of the folly of

By: CharlyG

CharlyG — Thu, 05 May 2005 12:52:04 +0000

#18 Why do you assume there was worse? These were stupid games they were playing, it wasn’t torture. Look to Saddam, and other despots for REAL torture tactics. In my world, torture usually involves pain! How much does “panties on your head” hurt?