A young woman mentioned in Isla Vista shooter Elliot Rodger's rambling "manifesto" is reportedly "devastated" by his claims that she "bullied" and "humiliated" him( and by implication caused the six murders-seven if you count Rodger's suicide) according to her father, so much so that she has gone into hiding lest she become the target of "copycat" killers( I Know her name but as there are enough crazies in this world without encouraging them and I do not want an innocent person's blood on my hands I will not mention it- a quick internet search will do so)

Denying his charges, her father claims she hardly knew Rodger and had no contact with him since he left school as well as pointing out that it would be physically impossible for a petite 10 year old girl(as she was then) to bully a twelve year old boy, and that in reality she is one of the gentlest , sweetest persons around. Even allowing for parental bias, this propensity to blame anyone for this tragedy -no matter how irrationally( as Rush Limbaugh did when he blamed the shootings on Barack Obama and the Democrats) is deeply disturbing.

The ancient Hebrews used to symbolically place all their people's sins on a goat and send it out into the wilderness to die-hence"scapegoat"- someone punished or condemned for the sins of others as this young woman is.

it must be a deeply painful experience for her- may God be with her!

Terry