See also: the fact that Meredith Kercher was also having flings in Italy, but that was not once brought up (virgin) while the fact that Amanda hooked up with Rafeaelle (sp?), and had had seven sex partners was used against her in court (whore).

Oh don't get me wrong, I was obsessed as they come with this case! It has every human interest angle available. Also a note that you touched on, that I picked up on in the study of this case, is the virgin/whore dichotomy. It seemed like one side (generally) was pushing the whore version and the other side was trying…

Okay? I'm not recommending gangs in lieu of fraternities for America's youth...

I'm pretty WASP-Y but I fell in with a stoner crowd from an early age, it helped me avoid "The Worst" syndrome somewhat -(we were all about peace and love and protesting genocide in Darfur with t-shirts and bake sales)...although I'm sure if you were to examine my internet history there would be some deeply…

Damn. I cannot imagine getting this worked up defending my school as if it was a personal attack on me. Do you really think gawker has a "vendetta against Duke"? That would be...random.

I attend a school with one of the more infamous Greek systems (hint: butt chugging). I don't want to generalize, but it is seriously disturbingly easy to pick out a Frat boy around campus. Why do they always wear their hats backward? Why must every day come with a new, brightly colored, frat-themed t-shirt? Why must…

Indeed.

This girl was as not-guilty as all get out, but I do think it's interesting how (some) white people in 'Murrica latched onto this case (myself included). There are a million examples of miscarriages of justice in America, but we're only interested when a foreign court prosecutes a white girl.