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October 27, 2004 1:08 PM   Subscribe

Amnesty International Condemns U.S. for War on Terror Torture
Amnesty's report accused Washington of stepping onto a "well-trodden path of violating basic rights in the name of national security or 'military necessity'."
posted by quonsar (8 comments total)
 
Linked to and discussed here several hours ago.
posted by dhoyt at 1:29 PM on October 27, 2004


Oh no! Not Amnesty International! And they always have such big fans out our Foreign Policy!

violating basic rights

Like the right to vote?
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 1:38 PM on October 27, 2004


Oh no! Not Amnesty International! And they always have such big fans out our Foreign Policy!

Oh no! And argument about torture practice I have no response to! I guess I'll commit a logical fallacy!

Good to have you back. Glad I sold my stocks in discourse before the depreciated.
posted by The God Complex at 1:56 PM on October 27, 2004


Next they should condemn S@L for his violation of the English language.
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 2:25 PM on October 27, 2004


S-a-L, are you suggesting that the current administration is *protecting* Americans' right to vote? Is that why the RNC has hired so many poll workers to challenge people who come into vote, that 58,000 absentee ballots are now mysteriously missing in FL, that still Gov Bush tries to disenfranchise Fl african americans? and etc.
posted by Red58 at 2:26 PM on October 27, 2004


Oh no! Not Amnesty International! And they always have such big fans out our Foreign Policy!

I'm not sure you know what you're talking about here, Steve. Amnesty International doesn't critique foreign policy. It critiques judicial systems and prisoners' rights in countries ranging from Saudi Arabia to Iceland. They have a basic standard: no imprisonment without trial, no torture, and no death penalty.

I know that the death penalty is contentious for some Americans-- but the ban on torture and imprisonment without trial both sound reasonable to me.
posted by gesamtkunstwerk at 3:16 PM on October 27, 2004


Bush responds:

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posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:52 PM on October 27, 2004


Torture in the service of the state ? - that book, like life, is ever renewed and then turned to dust again.

It's never good but simply what we are.
posted by troutfishing at 12:52 AM on October 28, 2004


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