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We're not sure how we feel about all the flack flying at Nancy Garrido, wife of schizophrenic kidnapper/rapist Philip Garrido. The woman married him while he was in prison for kidnapping and raping Katie Callaway Hall in 1976, and clearly anyone who marries a schizophrenic convicted rapist doesn't exactly have a wealth of self-esteem. Yes, Jaycee Lee's stepfather witnessed Nancy Garrido snatch Jaycee Lee into the car back in 1991, and while Garrido was serving five months for a parole violation a few years later, it was Nancy who kept Jaycee Lee imprisoned.
But in many ways, it would seem that Nancy was just as abused, brainwashed, and victimized as Jaycee Lee and her two children were, and her own brother-in-law has said she was "a robot" under Phil's influence. An acquaintance calls Nancy "the real monster" in this case, because she's a woman and therefore her acts were inexcusable. But we beg to differ. We're pretty sure she acted out of fear and weakness of mind, and she was just the puppet of a madman in most of this. But then again, so was Squeaky Fromme.
In related news, police have found no evidence linking Garrido to those murders of prostitutes in Pittsburg.
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"acted out of fear and weakness of mind, and she was just the puppet of a madman in most of this"
Yeah, she's just a silly woman. You know how week minded they can be.
Then again, she was the one who sought out a convicted rapist in prison. Maybe she knew what she was doing.
Then again, she was the one who sought out a convicted rapist in prison. Maybe she knew what she was doing.
Could you flesh that thought out? I honestly have no idea what you mean by that.
I think billywags meant that she made the choice to pursue/be pursued by a convicted rapist who was still in prison for his crimes. You know, like free will and stuff.
Clearly, Philly G. wields some kind of magic hypnotic power over people.
I say we should put him to death, not for rape and abduction, but because he's clearly a witch.
It's about her "self esteem"??!? She's complicit with the kidnapping, imprisonment and rape of a child for over a decade, and she's not supposed to be accountable for that due to her low self esteem? Is that supposed to be a feminist viewpoint or something? What a crock. Absolute. Crock. Of. SHIT.
She wanted a hot guy from Leavenworth-she got one. She pursued and chose her lifestyle. To blame Creepy Phil for her actions is bullshit.
Will it always be this way? Women considered too silly, too stupid and too weak to be held fully responsible for their own actions?
She is just as nasty a piece of work as Creepy Phil and should receive the same if not more punishment from the justice system.
Ben...
this would have been a good instance to merely report, rather than injecting some editorializing. because you sound like a doofus, in this case.
For the record, there's been plenty of plain reporting on this case, and in the case of Nancy -- who, however complicit, was still the abused wife of a crazy and violent person -- I thought there was cause for some op-ed. Did she have free will? Sure. But so did Jaycee Lee, who was seen out grocery shopping with Nancy just a few weeks ago. Yes this is my opinion, but I was shooting for complexity here, where Nancy's guilt is concerned. Complexity, I know, doesn't always fly on the internet.
Also, for the record, my name is Jay, not Ben.
Sorry about that, I don't know why i thought your name was Ben.
Mr. Barmann,
You must have been selected to raise the comment stats today? Tension and dissension is good for bloggin' business!
this just in:
She also has been known to ride in Critical Mass.
HA!
even more breaking news:
Police have unearthed plans in her backyard to bring an Applebees to the Valencia corridor as well!
Whoa, she looks like Gloria Akalitus from Showtime's Nurse Jackie.