What Are The Lessons of The Lara Logan Story?

It is very hard if not impossible to read this story and not feel anger, frustration, helplessness, and maybe even rage.

A strong argument could be made that what happened is democracy in its purest form. In this case, as revolting and disturbing as the actions were, the majority vote ruled. Democracy can result in good outcomes, but there is absolutely no guarantee that it will. I would much rather live in a society with a strong constitution that defended individual liberties than under a democracy. As if on cue, the most recent column from the always sharp David Harsanyi touches on democracy.

In grammar school we were taught to almost worship democracy, but as an adult I realized that it has the potential to allow 51% of the people to steal from or even enslave the other 49%.

The other sad lesson from this story? I guess it's that women are still at risk in this world and must always watch out for themselves.

Lara Logan Egypt Assault - Lara Logan's Last Interview Before Egypt Assualt - Esquire: "Breaking this evening is the upsetting news that CBS News correspondent Lara Logan had been sexually assaulted in Egypt while covering President Mubarak's resignation last weekend. The assault reportedly took place on February 11 in Cairo, where she 'suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating,' according to CBS. Brian Stelter at the New York Times reports that in the midst of an estimated 200-person crowd, Logan was dragged into a 'dangerous element' and was eventually 'saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers.' This was the day she arrived in Egypt, one week after being detained, accused of being an Israeli spy, and then told to leave the country."

Additional links:
How I Survived an Attack in Cairo: GQ
CBS News' Lara Logan recovering in U.S. after Egypt attack - latimes.com
CBS shouldn't have withheld Lara Logan's story