So who here has actually spent more than a few days in jail ?

[MazeRat7]

I ask this because this whole Miller deal has me a bit wrapped around the axle, so to speak. Like most of you I was really outraged by the baseless and loosely sourced articles cheerleader Milled published in the Times that supported the administrations lies for war. I was furious when I learned the details about many of those articles and somehow felt a sense of satisfaction that she was being held accountable for those unprofessional and immoral transgressions.

On the other hand, I have a real problem with the notion that the "government" can compel me to state under oath what I may or may not know about a particular situation. That they can compel me to reveal private information that would not be available to them through traditional investigational techniques. In other words, they can force me to rat out my colleagues, friends, and acquaintances. My rights to privacy be damned and if I try to assert them, it is time in the pokey.

So, yes Judy is a shill and deserved some comeuppance, no doubt. But having been in shoes very similar to hers (albeit a much shorter time at the "country club") I can state that her tenacity leads me to derive several conclusions:

a) She tolerated that hell out of "principal" and if that is true, she has earned my respect in spite of the fact that I really don't like her.

b) She is involved in something so devious that to testify would have much more profound and personally devastating effects in which case I am amazed that she agreed to testify at all.

c) There is some lack of emotional balance within giving her personal messages of great fame and respect (eg martyrdom) if she holds true to this path.

Whatever the reason, bottom line this lady has now spent time (almost 3 months) in some of the worst imaginable circumstances. Unless you have ever experienced such powerlessness, I doubt you can comprehend just how far someone is willing to go just to "make it end". If all it takes to go "home", is to tell what you know, why would you not do that? Principal?, Fear?, Ego?. I am sorry she has had to endure such circumstances. But I also know she will have a very different perspective and attitude toward life and freedom in general once she is back in the "world".

That fact that she has held out for this long is amazing, but the reason for such a commitment will certainly be the real story.

MZr7