Comments on: Deborah Jeane Palfrey

By: Sailor Barsoom

Sailor Barsoom — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:51:14 +0000

I understand. The way I feel about Cheney makes it easy for me to believe anything evil said about him, and I have to remind myself that some evil in this world is done by people not even connected to Cheney.

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:12:54 +0000

I first heard of the books when I was doing my "Banned Books Week" column last year, and I did enjoy the movie (which my husband took me to see a few weeks ago). But if I read the books, I'm afraid it will be quite a bit in the future; this blog keeps me so busy my "to read" stack shrinks only very slowly.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 08 May 2012 06:35:27 +0000

I'm all too ready to believe the Dick Cheney part of it, so I'm going to have to force myself to treat it as only a wildly speculative rumor, otherwise I will lose all belief in my ability to at least struggle to remain objective. It really is best to remain as far out of the crosshairs of government attention as one can. Reminds me a bit of one of the themes in the Hunger Games series (the books, that is). Have you read them, Maggie? I know it's Young Adult fiction, but I really found the way it wrapped it up to be very satisfying and a convincing portrayal of the aftermath of horrific, traumatizing events. In short, I loved the series, which sounds strange for me to hear coming from myself as a middle-aged, adult male academic. Sorry if this is a comment thread hijack.

By: The Week in Links: May 4

The Week in Links: May 4 — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:54:32 +0000

[...] Maggie McNeil on the four-year anniversary of Deborah Jeane Palfrey’s death [...]

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:50:04 +0000

It varies by age and country, but in general it’s not a means generally associated with women. And yes, that has been named as a suspicious factor.

By: Sailor Barsoom

Sailor Barsoom — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:57:15 +0000

Just how often do women hang themselves? That’s a pretty male way to kill oneself. And now we have TWO women hung in the same case?

By: Sailor Barsoom

Sailor Barsoom — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:52:22 +0000

Perfect freedom for everyone is probably like the speed of light: you can never reach it, but the effort is still worth it because you can always get a little closer.

By: Sailor Barsoom

Sailor Barsoom — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:47:25 +0000

“And given how much this is used against minorities and the powerless, you would think those who supposedly care about minorities and the powerless would be interested.”

They are. Several politicians generally considered “conservative” and several generally considered “liberal” have spoken about this. Two names which immediately come to mind are Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich.

By: pws (@pws4)

pws (@pws4) — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:19:02 +0000

Oh, of course it shouldn’t be a death sentence, but then it shouldn’t even be illegal.

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:36:47 +0000

Oh, I definitely agree that running a service in the capital of any country, from Rome to Washington, is most unwise. But Great Aphrodite, it shouldn’t be a death sentence!