Slog - Comments on Meanwhile...

Comment by monkey

monkey — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:03:57 -0800

Meanwhile... that chick in Italy that nobody really cares about is something something something satanic.

Comment by The CHZA

The CHZA — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:13:24 -0800

Charles, why do you follow this so closely? Nobody cares.

Comment by rococo

rococo — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:33:28 -0800

The rest of the world seems to view American women as completely out-of-control. I would agree, but I'm afraid my girlfriend would beat the shit out of me in reprisal.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:40:12 -0800

OK, I'm officially in the "Amanda is innocent" camp now. Satanist ritual? Yeah, right. This stinks like the Wenatchee sex-abuse ring that wasn't.

Comment by superyeadon

superyeadon — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:59:19 -0800

rub rub, huh charles?

Comment by PC

PC — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:00:10 -0800

The bf had comic books that showed ritual murder = proof?

Somehow I think our English law derived system including "beyond reasonable doubt" is a bit more fair.

Comment by ellarosa

ellarosa — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:07:47 -0800

i think that the italian prosecution has gone wild on american girls gone wild.

however...is she back to claiming she wasn't there again? i thought she had to retract that initial statement after surveillance footage placed her there at the time of the murder and she changed it to "i there but i was was cowering in the kitchen." what gives?

Comment by CP

CP — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:18:52 -0800

Yeah, this 'satanic' thing seems to have come out of nowhere.

I wish they were being more transparent with what's happening at the trial.

Comment by bearseatbeats

bearseatbeats — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:53:05 -0800

Of course, this "paper" looks about as reliable as the National Enquirer... Find me a story on that site that ISN'T about chicks or sports.

Who knows...

Comment by Say it ain't so

Say it ain't so — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:56:50 -0800

Well, someone had to kill this poor girl and chances are it was one of the three. Since none of them are turning in the other, it would seem they are all guilty or at least partially guilty.

Comment by stinkbug

stinkbug — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:18:00 -0800

thanks.

Comment by Pat

Pat — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:26:33 -0800

What is really sad is the fear she is going to have to constantly live with upon returning to Seattle. To know that some creep at the stranger can now follow the "story" as closely as he likes... usually from 10 feet and behind a trench coat and newspaper.

Comment by Marya

Marya — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:16:33 -0800

@10: What do you mean, "none of them are turning in the other"? Knox and Sollecito didn't even know Guede, who had a history of breaking into homes armed with a knife, and whose DNA was found all over the body and in the home. From what I've read, it sounds like the most plausible explanation is that he broke into the home and raped, robbed, and murdered the British girl all by himself.

Knox and Sollecito both initially said that they spent the night of the murder together at Sollecito's apartment, and, under interrogation, each admitted that it was possible the other one could have got up in the night, snuck out, and murdered Knox's flatmate. But that doesn't indicate that they're guilty.

And, yes, I'm following this, and I care, because I'm horrified by the way Amanda Knox and her boyfriend are being treated.

Comment by Italy, really?

Italy, really? — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:19:48 -0800

Wow. This case has definitively jumped the shark...

Comment by snarky

snarky — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:46:39 -0800

@14, jumped the shark? what would you have said about charlie Manson & family?

Comment by TVDinner

TVDinner — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:54:20 -0800

That was very Naipul of you, Charles. Thank you.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:46:16 -0800

"I seen the devil with Goody Proctor!"

Comment by gin? yes, please.

gin? yes, please. — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:16:30 -0800

seriously. i haven't typed "lol" in years, but @17, bravo. bravo, sir.