Not that I really keep track of my hit counter (hahahaha... ahem), but I noticed that hits are up today. If you don't know, it's often possible for me to see what search terms people use on Google (or whatever) when they are directed to my site. Apparently, people are still under the mistaken impression that I have pictures of Jessica Lynch nude, which I most certainly do not.
The recent surge of interest is probably motivated by the story that Hustler pornologist Larry Flynt has purchased such pictures, supposedly paying a six-figure price so that he could gallantly prevent their publication.
According to the story, Lynch posed for the pictures -- taken by some others in her unit -- before they were deployed to Iraq. Hopefully this serves as a warning to all the young ladies out there: dumb things will come back to haunt you.
So kind of you to post yet another article to clear up the fact that you do NOT have pictures of Jessica Lynch nude. Cause if you had pictures of Jessica Lynch nude, it wouldn't be necessary to say that you don't have pictures of Jessica Lynch nude. And certainly no one would ever accuse you of repeating the phrase, "pictures of Jessica Lynch nude" in order to drive up the number of hits to your site. For that matter repeating "pictures of Jessica Lynch nude" over and over again probably wouldn't cause many hits anyway. For what it's worth, I'm glad you are a good guy and don't have any pictures of Jessica Lynch nude. [grin]
Quite right!
Nor do I have pictures of many other, far worse things that people seem to search for. I cover such a wide range of topics that unusual words must often get juxtaposed on the front page, to the consternation of demented Googlers everywhere.
Why should young ladies *in particular* refrain from doing stupid things? Because one day while in the military during a war, they may get captured and become the subject of a media frenzy through no fault of their own? Because, one day, someone as sleazy as Larry Flynt may try to capitalize on it?
Young ladies are as prone to the follies of youth as their male counterparts. The follies may simply take a different, distinctly female shape.
Jessica Lynch isn’t Jesus Christ and isn’t required to have a perfect life before her unrequested notoriety.
I don't require Jessica Lynch or anyone else to have a "perfect life". Why should young ladies be more careful about this type of thing than young men? Consider Arnold and his recent run for governor. The allegations of past sexual misconduct didn't hurt him much, but imagine what it would have done to a female candidate if it was revealed she was in "gang bangs" and the like -- it would have destroyed her.
Similarly, no one wants to see naked pictures of men, and such pictures don't tarnish male reputation the same way they do female reputation. It's obviously not likely that anyone will again be in the exact same position as Jessica Lynch is, but there are plenty of ways that people can be drawn into the media spotlight other than by being a POW, and when it happens to women, people are going to start searching for nude pictures. And women don't seem to like that, based on Ms. Lynch's reaction to this whole episode.
I am sure that not having Jessica Lynch nude pictures probably can set the hit meter whirling. I know that I received an inordinate number of hits for not having Amber Fry nude pictures. Which I still do not have.
By the way, you're a young guy, so maybe you can answer this. Has some tradition arisen which requires that every woman under the age of thirty must have nude pictures taken by a professional photographer after signing a release. It certainly seems that there are an awful lot of young unknown women who have found themselves in that situation.
I'm working on establishing that tradition, and I'm glad to see that it's taking off.
I do agree that young people should take a lesson from what is happening to Ms. Lynch. And yes, a woman suffers in greater measure than a man for her past when the spotlight is shined on her.
This is the way it is, but that the way it should be? Of course not. And I say that, in the case of Ms. Lynch, we should start here and now in our own little corner by not casting any more stones at her than we did at Arnold Schwarzenegger. To paraphrase our Governor-Elect, Ms. Lynch hasn’t lived her life to become the subject of a media frenzy, nor should she have.
BTW, the military members who submitted these photos should be outed. It is they who are the ones without honor, not Ms. Lynch. (Not saying that you said or implied this last part.)
Juliette: "This is the way it is, but that the way it should be? Of course not."
Since we're talking about social mores and not legal discrimination, you don't think it's good to have different social standards for men and women?
I think that both standards should be high.
I think they should be high, but that doesn't mean they have to be the same.
All this attention is purposely released in time for her book debut. I am a Sergeant in the Marine Corps and I have my own opinion of PFC Jessica Lynch. Read the Code of Conduct for the United States Armed Forces. You will read things like "I will never surrender of my own free will" and "I will not receive favors from the enemy". She said her weapon jammed. Okay. The little fragile girl happened to be the one whose weapon jammed. She is no hero in my mind. The heroes are the ones that stood their ground and fought to the death. She was not a 19 year old little girl. She was a U.S. Combatant and should have engaged in combat, not making excuses. There is the equal rights women have been fighting for. Now she cries that the government used her? She should just be happy they came after her and didn't let her get gangbanged till she died. She made the oath to uphold all commands by the President of the United States. She is not a civilian. She does not have the right to publicly protest the President. I just get sick that her fellow warriors fought to the death and she surrendered like a coward and is now turning the experience into a lucritive event.
Mr. Ski: Are you saying that US soldiers should never surrender under any circumstances? This is hardly the first time that it's happened. It seems that surrender is sometimes the best tactical and strategic option; when defeat is certain (and an objective cannot be obtained), there's nothing to be gained by fighting to the death, is there?