Another woman from Wasilla... on Sarah and waterboarding

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Monday April 28, 2014 · 6:25 PM PDT

2014/04/28 · 18:25

Not everyone from Wasilla agrees with Sarah Palin. I feel it is important for my reputation as a human being who grew up in Wasilla, AK to take a stand. My family and I moved to Alaska in the early 70's. I went to public school in Wasilla from 1st through 12th grade, and I graduated from Wasilla High School in 1986. During that time, I was also a Blue Bird, a Camp Fire Girl, a Rainbow girl, a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and I took History classes from a lady named Jean Krauss. (Do you remember her, Warriors?)

There is Nothing in my upbringing in Wasilla that ever promoted or tolerated the idea that it is ok, good, or necessary to torture anyone. In fact I clearly remember learning about the Geneva Conventions in which it is stated "Grave breaches of the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions include the following acts if committed against a person protected by the convention: willful killing, torture or inhumane treatment including biological experiments." Also - leaders who tortured people, i.e. Hitler & Stalin - not good guys, right? I don't want us to be that kind of nation.

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