tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post5974087610438254932..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Thank you, Seaman Turney!Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-2847937664332130322007-04-11T09:08:00.000-06:002007-04-11T09:08:00.000-06:00She was a prisoner, Mr. Green. Nothing she did bes...She was a <B>prisoner</B>, Mr. Green. Nothing she did besides that one comment reflected what she would have otherwise done if not under duress. <BR/><BR/>As for the notion that the captives could rip their clothes off on camera, how did they know they were going to be released? Because someone with a British accent told them while they were in prison that they were? <BR/><BR/>For all she knew, even sayingwhat she did could have gotten her killed or imprisoned indefinitely. After all, from her vantage point, maybe the "release" was to be filmed first, before any negotiations had actually been done. How would she know one way or the other, being under the complete control of her captors? <BR/><BR/>I applaud her spirit, but regard her action as rash. Why? Because until she was completely out of Iran, her life was in peril. (And indeed, one could argue that doing what she did put her fellow prisoners in danger.)<BR/><BR/>I regard even this act of defiance on her part as entirely up to her, as entirely optional.<BR/><BR/>I am not a big fan of this Indian saying, but you should try it on here: "Before you criticize another man, walk a mile in his moccasins." <BR/><BR/>To sit back in comfort -- and without a gun pointed to your head -- and pass moral judgement on someone in a situation in which morality largely does not apply as you do -- that is what I find disappointing.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-50614453483007563992007-04-11T08:36:00.000-06:002007-04-11T08:36:00.000-06:00I personally can't regard any sailor who allows he...I personally can't regard any sailor who allows herself to be filmed and released wearing Islamic garb as "gutsy". I'm astonished they didn't rip off those jackets and that scarf as they exited.<BR/><BR/>I'm disappointed in her. She shouldn't be in the Navy.Jacques Beau Verthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450947780950412676noreply@blogger.com