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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:42 AM
Response to Reply #24
33. Sorry, but I'm not buying it.
"She's just a dumb ol' country gal who dint know no better...."

Poop.
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  -Lynndie England says she's a scapegoat BurtWorm  May-11-04 10:16 AM   #0 
  - I'M A VICTIM!!!!!  meegbear   May-11-04 10:18 AM   #1 
  - Yeah, that's what all the Nazi concentration camp guards said...  GainesT1958   May-11-04 10:19 AM   #2 
  - Don't forget the Kapos.  TahitiNut   May-11-04 10:21 AM   #8 
  - For someone who was "just following orders", Lynndie seemed to enjoy it.  terrya   May-11-04 10:19 AM   #3 
  - I have no doubt in my mind that this is true  WI_DEM   May-11-04 10:19 AM   #4 
  - I agree with you.  BurtWorm   May-11-04 10:22 AM   #12 
  - Was she also "ordered" to grin like a Cheshire Cat?  texasblueeyes   May-11-04 10:26 AM   #18 
  - i'm not excusing her  WI_DEM   May-11-04 10:29 AM   #19 
  - Good Point!  ribofunk   May-11-04 10:39 AM   #28 
  - I agree she was ordered and is a scapegoat  leftofthedial   May-11-04 10:42 AM   #32 
  - She's a 'fall-guy' not a 'scapegoat.'  TahitiNut   May-11-04 10:20 AM   #5 
  - Good point. Nice distinction.  BurtWorm   May-11-04 10:23 AM   #13 
  - Well said  Vladimir   May-11-04 10:44 AM   #34 
  - Hers should make an interesting Courts-Martial  BOSSHOG   May-11-04 10:21 AM   #6 
  - I can't believe  NewJeffCT   May-11-04 10:21 AM   #7 
  - Oh, didn't you know that accepting responsibilty means that you  thatgirl   May-11-04 10:25 AM   #16 
  - This is exactly what I stated  baldearg   May-11-04 10:22 AM   #9 
  - What would have happened...  LeahMira   May-11-04 10:33 AM   #21 
     - She would've been courts martialed for failing to follow a direct  lunabush   May-11-04 10:47 AM   #40 
  - She may have been just following orders. But she is culpable.  thatgirl   May-11-04 10:22 AM   #10 
  - she is but she willingly posed for those photo's and the grin was genuine  Demonaut   May-11-04 10:22 AM   #11 
  - Just don't forget that someone did order her  BurtWorm   May-11-04 10:25 AM   #17 
     - thats why I prefaced it with "she is" as she is a scapegoat.  Demonaut   May-11-04 10:34 AM   #23 
  - If this is true -  mac56   May-11-04 10:24 AM   #14 
  - Okay guys, let's understand this.  chaska   May-11-04 10:25 AM   #15 
  - Bullshit. Fuck her.  Blue-Jay   May-11-04 10:31 AM   #20 
  - Alot of them don't have the education to know they don't have to follow  blm   May-11-04 10:35 AM   #24 
  - Sorry, but I'm not buying it.  Blue-Jay   May-11-04 10:42 AM   #33 
     - Blame her and you absolve BushInc.  blm   May-11-04 10:44 AM   #35 
        - No. I hold this entire administration responsible as well.  Blue-Jay   May-11-04 10:47 AM   #39 
        - Exactly--we need to stop taking the bait.  QC   May-11-04 11:14 AM   #46 
  - i wonder if she feels shame? or she's just ashamed that she was caught  Demonaut   May-11-04 10:35 AM   #25 
  - She's a really really really convenient scapegoat, too...  the_real_38   May-11-04 10:33 AM   #22 
  - I dont doubt that she followed orders, but she is responsible for her  mzmolly   May-11-04 10:38 AM   #26 
  - Her superiors should be held accountable for their actions  BurtWorm   May-11-04 10:41 AM   #30 
     - I AGREE. I think it should go all the way to the TOP!  mzmolly   May-11-04 11:02 AM   #42 
  - she`s full of shit  rchsod   May-11-04 10:39 AM   #27 
  - She Seemed to be a Very Willing Scapegoat  ribofunk   May-11-04 10:40 AM   #29 
  - She *is* being used as a scapegoat.  Cat Atomic   May-11-04 10:42 AM   #31 
  - A scapegoat is someone who takes the full force of people's anger  BurtWorm   May-11-04 10:47 AM   #37 
  - If I were in her situation  Mattforclark   May-11-04 10:46 AM   #36 
  - ## Support Democratic Underground! ##  DU GrovelBot   May-11-04 10:47 AM   #38 
  - Yes, she's culpable, but she's taking more than her share of the heat  ftbc   May-11-04 10:55 AM   #41 
  - Scumbag lawyers  Loonman   May-11-04 11:03 AM   #43 
  - "just following orders" went out w/nuremberg anyway every one from bush to  corporatewhore   May-11-04 11:06 AM   #44 
  - I believe that would be "SCAPEWOLF"  PurityOfEssence   May-11-04 11:10 AM   #45 
  - Was She Just Following Orders When She Had Sex  PopSixSquish   May-11-04 11:15 AM   #47 
 

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