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an iconography of torture, cruelty and degradation.

quonsar — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:08:56 -0800

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'."

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:29:24 -0800

Linked to and discussed here several hours ago.

By: Steve_at_Linnwood

Steve_at_Linnwood — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:38:51 -0800

Oh no! Not Amnesty International! And they always have such big fans out our Foreign Policy! violating basic rights Like the right to vote?

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:56:50 -0800

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.

By: strangeleftydoublethink

strangeleftydoublethink — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:25:17 -0800

Next they should condemn S@L for his violation of the English language.

By: Red58

Red58 — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:26:36 -0800

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.

By: gesamtkunstwerk

gesamtkunstwerk — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:16:03 -0800

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.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:52:55 -0800

Bush responds:

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:52:40 -0800

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.