Slog - Comments on Three on Amanda http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda From the Times Online: Cellmates of Amanda Knox, the American student suspected of involvement in the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia last November, have pleaded with prison authorities to stop her repeatedly singing the Beatles' classic "Let it Be" at the top of her voice. Father Scarabattoli, the prison chaplain at Perugia, said Ms Knox, 20, from Seattle, had asked for a guitar so she could play the song as well a sing it, but this had been refused. Inmates have complained that Ms Knox sings the song all day long, with one jailer reported as agreeing with them... Copyright 2008 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:52:45 -0800 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:07:13 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe She did it even if she didn't.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934498 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934498 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:55:57 -0800 Comment by elrider She was for doing it before she was against doing it.

]]> elrider http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934514 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934514 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:14:56 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Nice post.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934534 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934534 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:32:09 -0800 Comment by ho' know dumb fucks. Mother Mary refers to Paul's mother not 'the' Mary.

The song was inspired by McCartney's mother, Mary McCartney, after he dreamt about her saying the words, "Let It Be".

]]> ho' know http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934536 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934536 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:33:11 -0800 Comment by Hernandez Good post, Charles. Overall I've really enjoyed your coverage of this case.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934554 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934554 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:48:17 -0800 Comment by Ronan I suppose I'm curious as to why you've taken this on so passionately. Is it that she's a university student, and you teach university students at PLU? Is it that she originally--and wrongly--accused a fellow African man of the act? Shed some light on yourself for us, if it's not too personal.

]]> Ronan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934575 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934575 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:59:40 -0800 Comment by charles mudede what draws me to this subject is its global nature. all that is global is of great interest to me.

]]> charles mudede http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934584 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934584 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:03:49 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle The people who do things are usually the ones you think won't do them.

But ... she could easily be innocent.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934585 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934585 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:04:01 -0800 Comment by elenchos I savored your Amanda Knox article at Bauhaus on Saturday morning, just as I'd planned.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934586 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:05:33 -0800 Comment by raindrop That poor Amanda. If only she hadn't got mixed up in the wrong crowd, been shacking up, having sex out of wedlock, and experimenting in perverse sex.

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934595 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934595 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:11:12 -0800 Comment by ecce homo So, a young black man is just as violent in Italy as a young black man is in the US? Is Charles asserting that it is racist to suppose that the culprit is of African descent? Why? They do tend to be.

And no, I am not maligning ALL black people, so call the dogs off, Stranger censors...

]]> ecce homo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934596 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934596 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:12:18 -0800 Comment by Gloria You know where else criminals tend to be of African descent? Africa!

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934603 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934603 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:15:51 -0800 Comment by Fnarf It would be funnier if she sang "Run For Your Life" instead.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934615 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934615 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:25:20 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Or what if she suddenly started "singing" Daft Punk?

Now that would be cool ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934633 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934633 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:31:48 -0800 Comment by Grumpy Old Curmudgeon I've worked with her mother for eight years, and her mother's the same damn way - they're bubbly happy morning people, who SING and CHIRP at you first thing in the morning. It's awful and there oughta be a law.

]]> Grumpy Old Curmudgeon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934637 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934637 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:33:16 -0800 Comment by Greg #4 beat me to it.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934659 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934659 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:45:27 -0800 Comment by wbrproductions What #1 said. Plus, she's got that special NW flavor of nutballs, the type that does it, whatever it is.

]]> wbrproductions http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934686 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:07:16 -0800 Comment by Y.F. Does anyone else think Amanda is going to go for an insanity defense?

]]> Y.F. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934801 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:58:17 -0800 Comment by holz did anyone see the overly biased 20/20 report that completely (whoops) forgot to mention amanda knox's anti-semetic strak, her journal of incest, rape and murder and made her out to be a saint living abroad?

bitch please, everone knows as soon as people go to another country, they turn into huge partying sluts. except the mormons.

oh, and the lack of respect by knox's parents towards the girl amanda knox murdered.

out-fucking-standing model shitizens.

]]> holz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934811 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934811 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:14:16 -0800 Comment by Curmudgeon I'm really beginning to appreciate Mr. Mudede's readings. He scratches at the facts and lets the pus drip on to the page.

Robert Orsi writes about Marianism and Catholic saints worship as "stories that can't be told without blood." He talks of "companionship on a bitter journey" in which "meaning making begins in wounding." Instrumental suffering dissolves the distance between the devoted and god.

Mary is the mother who saw her son nailed to a cross, she's a victim for all sinners and a sacrificed virgin. "By imagining Mary's history with the emotional discernment born of their own experience, her devout understood and affirmed that Mary recognized the anxiety, loss, and PROMISE of what was happening to them." - Robert Orsi.

@4
"The image on the wall is inevitably viewed through the lens of the image within."

]]> Curmudgeon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934863 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934863 Media Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:58:22 -0800 Comment by BeckyH I'm just amazed that they asked Doug Preston for his opinion. Have they even read his books? I wouldn't trust the man to investigate a dirty diaper without help.
He writes pretty good fiction though.

]]> BeckyH http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934949 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c934949 Media Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:23:28 -0800 Comment by JF That PI blogger (Candace Dempsey) who interviewed Preston has gone from asking the question "How does this story affect Seattle?" to rabidly proclaiming Knox's innocence as if she were on the Knox family payroll.

She has utterly run the full spectrum of inanity.

]]> JF http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c940787 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/three_on_amanda#c940787 Media Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:07:13 -0800