The mysterious case of Ms. Carrie Prejean

[Jester]

I had to laugh when I saw the news article recently where Chavez gave Obama the book, "Open Veins of Latin America", because it was required reading in 1984 for my Latin American literature class.

I was rather amused at the resurfacing of that book. It is my go-to example for the excesses of dependency theory. However, just because a book is required reading doesn't mean you're required to agree with it.

I was merely stating that the U of M environment is one that at the time I was there felt pretty hostile to the stereotypical white, hetero, male of European ancestry unless that male was willing to be self loathing. Luckily I wasn't a member of the the CCC (Campus Crusade for Christ) and the College Republicans, or I probably would have been assaulted on a daily basis. I do remember being frequently tagged as an FBI plant trying to infiltrate their leftist plots.

Uh hunh. And how many of these white, Christian folk were assaulted? If there were maybe four people in the CCC and college Republicans combined (assuming, fairly reasonably, that they were white and Christian and whatnot), that's what, 1500 assaults in a year? Multiply by a 4 year degree, and that's 6000? A veritable epidemic!

Or, alternately, the numbers are nothing like that, and you couldn't name more cases than the fingers on your hand, if that, but figure it'd be fun to exaggerate. Definitely not claiming victim status or anything. Just a bad consumer choice, what with the potential assaults and all.

Carrie probably has issues with her contract with Miss Universe Inc. (something she chose to do), but she was the victim of libel by (even by US standards) certain mainstream media outlets (i.e. Perez Hilton, Keith Olbermann).

I'm no big fan of either, but could you spell out where either has libeled her, rather than just saying true-but-uncomfortable things, or giving their opinion? Libel is a pretty serious charge.

Her medical procedure (breast implant) was private information that should not have been released by her employer, so yes, she was victimized by her employer in that case. Her modeling photographs, were under contract for a specific use, and so the people who sold her photo's were violating their contracts with her. Beyond the trite lack of impartial judging, the aftermath has resulted in libel, violations of HIPPA, and multiple breach of contract suits.

I'm not really crying a river here. If her suits get anywhere, all the power to her, but there are already laws for that. She can seek redress there, nothing needs to change.

-Jester