bottom line = "some beatings" are ok if it's our guys doing them, is that what you are saying?
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > The history of the Middle East is five thousand years of kings, dictators, > and warlords. > > As for torture by the US government, specific cases like Abu Ghraib were > punished, and the worst treatment I have read that high-level terrorists > received was weaterboarding, stress positions, hot and cold temperature > changes, sleep deprivation, and some beatings. Bad in some cases, but also > investigated and discontinued. And frankly, do I care if some Marines beat > the crap out of Khaleid Sheik Mohammed? No. Screw that guy, he planned an > attack that killed 3,000 civilians and destroyed a big chunk of downtown > Manhattan. We should take a lesson from Singapore and have that asshole > caned to death. That would be a fitting punishment for him. > > Compare to Saddam. If Saddam didn't like you, he had someone hang you on a > meat hook by your flesh, pull out your fingernails with pliers, gouge out > your eyes, or drop you in a printing press and have you squashed into jelly. > Or he just dumped chemical weapons on your village and killed everyone. > Maybe raped the women first, just for fun. > > > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Michael G wrote: > >> The people are always more powerful than the government. Revolts of the >> past >> have happened and people have risen up no matter how tight the grip of >> their >> government. History is full of such occurrences. Funny how torture is wrong >> when the Iraqi government is doing it but peachy keen when your government >> is. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286455 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
