Lara Logan assaulted in Egypt

Apropos of nothing, but I was only half paying attention to the promo when I first saw it and wondered what awful thing had happened to Naomi Watts.

 

Being in "King Kong," for one...

 

This is bullshit. Ragu taught me that we are all the same, there are no differences in character in any country. All have some good. All have some bad. [/crossthread]

 

Did anyone watch? I started crying halfway through and could not stop. Definitely got the sense that talking about this is part of her recovery, although I don't know how you ever fully recover from something like this.

Really hit home when she talked about how women journalists don't talk about these things, for fear of inciting the 'not a job for women' crowd.

As for the cynicism over the timing, I doubt there's a great time to talk about being sexually assaulted by a crazy mob. I have nothing but respect and awe for her ability and willingness to do so.

 

She was terrific. Very moving.

There was one point where she started to break down where I thought, "maybe she's not ready to talk about this yet," but then she rebounded. I think it was probably very therapeutic.

It was really chilling to see the video from right before the attack started.

Her security guy must just feel terrible.

But, on the other side, the woman who's "lap she fell into" when they reached the fence was a hero in every sense of the word.

 

Not sure if this is the whole thing, but:

 

Compelling TV and a great job by Logan. That must have been very difficult for her to do ... but it's a grand slam.

I think the questions about the timing can be laid to rest now. She was obviously ready to do this. And in the end, her opinion on that is really the only one that matters.

 

And that she's now reporting the death of Bin Landen speaks to her readiness. God bless her for her honesty.

 

Just watched. I have no words.

What a spectrum of emotions from sitting in front of the television and absorbing raw real life tonight.

 

For cripes sake, we have four (4) month-long sweeps periods. A good part of the year, we're in sweeps.

60 Minutes is also not the kind of show that hinges on how a particular episode performs in sweeps.

Think folks.

Man, if there's a way we can blame a victim of a sex crime, we find that way don't we, BitterYoung Matador?

 

Give ya $50 if you can show me where I said it was her fault. But if you can't, I keep my $50 and get to remove your nose hairs with a chainsaw. Deal?

And if you can't accept the fact that "stories" like this are nothing more than softcore voyeur porn for a large chunk of our population, I don't know what to tell you. What did we learn yesterday? That Middle Eastern men have more respect for goats than women? Yeah, guess what? We already knew that. Been documented for decades, if not centuries. And not a damn thing's been done about it.

And allow me to give you my resume on this, since you know so much: I have two very close friends that are rape victims. So hen I hear the words "rape" or sexual assault," my blood begins boiling. I know what it can do to a person physically and psychologically. One of those friends tried committing suicide and was thankfully unsuccessful. The idea of these two women even telling family what happened was a no-go initially because of the questions they had about how their parents would react. To tell a national TV audience of strangers to me is baffling.

 

What I learned was that Logan is an inspirational figure and the story was far from softcore voyeur porn. It made me hurt.

By telling her story, to a national TV audience, and then, four hours later, back on TV and anchoring CBS's coverage of bin Laden sent a powerful message. And maybe it is message that some parent will hear and as a result be more understanding in the awful case that the same thing happens to their daughter.

Logan is far braver than me. Far braver than most anyone.