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caseymoz

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22. I'd say the US under Bush was a torture culture.
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 02:32 AM
Jan 2013

The vast majority of the nation was all for either torture, or for torture under another name. And as evidence, Abu Ghairb was hardly the only place torture was practiced.

This is not the only place where I've heard of well-connected athletes, or others, having rape or sexual assault charges dropped with the air of conspiracy about it. The localleaks article is just the first one where so many details of the rape were available and so much of the network that protected these boys was exposed. Since there are other small towns with similar economies and corruption where sports, especially football, are king. They have to motivate their athletes somehow, with say, a form of rationed vice. And if the team is an important part of the towns revenue, why wouldn't this happen in more places? Especially if the parents have the same attitude about sluts that the adults and teenagers in this town do?

This is all in the localleaks article.

Mark my word, now that this has been exposed once, this will not be the last one of its kind. Nor is it going to prove atypical of them. That's what I'm betting.

That being said, it's not like Traci Lords had any place in any of it.

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~ K ~ In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #1
Call me cynical caseymoz Jan 2013 #2
I think its a conspiratorial, protect-the-football team, small town culture that is enabling Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #4
If it weren't for some vigilantes, this would have been ignored. caseymoz Jan 2013 #5
I agree with you. There's definitely a fucked up culture in this town, it sure seems. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #7
Not trying to be THAT guy, but it isn't just football. Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #8
My hunch is it's a combination of factors, tied to $ and veneration of this particular football team Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #9
I am actually familiar with Stubenville. Been there several times. Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #10
Oy. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #11
I am an Army brat. I have been all over the country. Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #12
It doesn't hurt that some of the parents are in positions of power ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #15
Yeah, I think the *Mother* of one of the members of the "rape crew" or their alleged accomplices is Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #19
Pity any rape victim who "gets in the way" of a football program. radicalliberal Jan 2013 #6
I don't consider it limited to small town culture so much. noamnety Jan 2013 #14
Yes, I'm old enough to remember Watergate, thanks. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #16
Criminal conspiracy does not require cultural encouragement. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #13
I'd say the US under Bush was a torture culture. caseymoz Jan 2013 #22
Not all Americans torture, but all Americans profit from torture? nt Bonobo Jan 2013 #24
If you notice from my other posts caseymoz Jan 2013 #25
I cannot argue with you. I think you have it summed up correctly. nt Bonobo Jan 2013 #26
I appreciate what you're saying, and the thought you've put into it. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #28
They would behave the same way if the team members had shoplifted. Bonobo Jan 2013 #17
I think you would find that difficult. caseymoz Jan 2013 #20
I will concede that there are sub-cultures that feel entitled to rape. Bonobo Jan 2013 #21
Your title agrees with just what I'm saying. caseymoz Jan 2013 #23
In a very well-to-do town near me.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #27
That is cultural. caseymoz Jan 2013 #30
The near-obsessive manner in which the "town" has circled the wagons round their football team is Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #3
Yes, I'm told the town is split over this. caseymoz Jan 2013 #18
Amazing how some elevate football people to god-like status Major Nikon Jan 2013 #29
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