tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post2529966461294599292..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Where in the World Is Molly Norris?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-16159901506918956042010-09-22T21:35:28.982-07:002010-09-22T21:35:28.982-07:00What was vulgar about what I said? She's good...What was vulgar about what I said? She's good press. A 50-something year old woman from the midwest who's trying salvage her dying art career is not.<br /><br />Not rocket science to figure out, Doc.proud hindunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-82742219003146403502010-09-22T14:21:14.073-07:002010-09-22T14:21:14.073-07:00Do yourself and the rest of us a favor, and spare ...Do yourself and the rest of us a favor, and spare us the vulgarity. It does neither you nor your cause any honor.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-67024577137976966412010-09-22T12:01:43.347-07:002010-09-22T12:01:43.347-07:00Ayaan Hershey Bar Ali is a Black woman from Africa...Ayaan Hershey Bar Ali is a Black woman from Africa with a Muslim background. There's your answer.Proud Hindunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-82651600940681327722010-09-22T10:56:51.491-07:002010-09-22T10:56:51.491-07:00Thank you, Anonymous. That's a possibility tha...Thank you, Anonymous. That's a possibility that I had not considered. It is certainly possible that the FBI offered her two options, with the one seeming ultimately safer than the other.<br /><br />For all we know she might have had bodyguards and might have escaped an assassination attempt... that might motivate her to want to have her identity erased.<br />And yet, as I understand that situation, she is not going to be paid by the government, so she will have to find work. And now, the career she has developed and the reputation for her art are gone. She can no longer work as a cartoonist.<br /><br />Depending on the regimen, people in witness protection are often prohibited from contacting family and friends. I find it difficult to imagine that one would choose to be a nonentity, but I do agree that it is a possibility.<br /><br />But I still wonder how someone as high profile as Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and someone who has received far more death threats and been more threatened than Molly Norris, can find safety and refuge in the U.S. while an American journalist cannot?Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-59841280723992673812010-09-22T09:42:08.116-07:002010-09-22T09:42:08.116-07:00I'm not sure that the criticism I've seen ...I'm not sure that the criticism I've seen on this topic is entirely fair. To begin with, underlying it all is the <i>assumption</i> that the government is somehow doing wrong by Ms. Norris.<br /><br />It seems to me that if I wanted to protect someone in Ms. Norris' situation, the very first thing I'd do is say *absolutely nothing* about what I was doing.<br /><br />If I also happened to already operate a system like the witness protection program, I'd certainly consider that as an option. <br /><br />I'd then put the question to Ms. Norris: we can have cops accompany you everywhere for the next <i>n</i> years (which wouldn't provide a whole lot of protection, but which would definitely cramp your style), or you can adopt a new identity but otherwise live fairly normally. Both options are lousy, but one has a record of being perfectly effective (at least according to the U.S. Marshals Service).<br /><br />The lack of mainstream notice of this annoys me, but it does strike me that the government may be doing for Ms. Norris exactly what she wants done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-72365334937275462582010-09-22T09:11:40.639-07:002010-09-22T09:11:40.639-07:00She's here:
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com...She's here:<br /><br />http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2010/09/elusive-molly-norris.htmlProud Hindunoreply@blogger.com