so it's ok because they *only* banged his head on the wall? Wow. He was held incommunicado for no good reason, that's my point.
Dana On 7/28/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sure, and they attached electrodes to his testicles and threatened to cut his > head off, just like the "other kidnappers", right? Nice moral equivalency > there, Dana. > > Our soldiers are over there doing a great job in a very dangerous > environment. In a conflict zone, mistakes happen, and as the filmmaker > himself said, he thinks it was bureaucracy that was responsible for his > extended detention. That doesn't surprise me at all. The military is as much > a bureaucracy as any other government group. Sometimes it takes time to sort > out problems like this. > > But then the guy goes overboard. He says he was treated inhumanely? Because a > guard yelled at him and banged his head on a wall? Come off it. It's a shame > the guy got stuck in the system, but that's all it is. Now he claims he's not > an American, that being an American is an exclusive club and we don't "want" > people of his ethnicicity? > > I just can't stand this culture of victimization. Everyone feels like they > are a victim, everyone feels aggrieved. He should have understood the risks > he faced in going to Iraq. > > As for getting stopped at a checkpoint with the timers in the trunk of the > cab, that's bad luck, but a more experienced person might have thought about > asking the driver of the cab to open the trunk so he could take a look > inside. Or he might have thought about arranging for a driver who had been > screened. > > I did some contract work in Dublin a few years ago. One day I went down to > the Temple Bar section of town to look around. I had a small wheeled airline > bag with my laptop in it, and it was a pain walking around with it. I went > into a small hotel and asked if I could pay to check the bag in for a few > hours while I looked around. The very first thing the girl at the front desk > said to me was, "You haven't got a bomb in there, have you?" > > I was so surprised by the question I could barely answer, but I offered to > let her have a look. She was satisified and I was able to leave my bag there, > but I could see why she would have asked me that, and I could see how, under > different circumstances, I could have been detained. I'm part Irish, and I > certainly look it. I didn't even think about it at the time, but you can bet > I will be very aware of that sensitivity if I go back to Dublin. (Although I > did just read that the IRA has renounced violence, bravo for the political > process). > > > >yes. We just didn't know until this case that one of them was being > >kidnapped by our own side. > > > >Dana > > > >On 7/28/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Dreamweaver with Homesite Plus from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=54 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167159 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
