tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post115961630986209276..comments2023-05-13T02:24:42.139-07:00Comments on Stones In the Field: To our everlasting shame...Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846076773328384778noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1161111773356076392006-10-17T12:02:00.000-07:002006-10-17T12:02:00.000-07:00Some years back I researched the European Resistan...Some years back I researched the European Resistance of WWII. The Gestapo used a similar technique called 'the bathtub', though this also bears a close resemblance to an Inquisition technique some centuries earlier.<BR/><BR/>There's an interesting book called <I>The Body in Pain: the making and unmaking of the world</I>, which suggests that the real purpose of extracting information through torture is to make the victim complicit in his own destruction - which is why it doesn't matter that the information is almost always inaccurate, incoherent, and useless.<BR/><BR/>-BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1160449251990128022006-10-09T20:00:00.000-07:002006-10-09T20:00:00.000-07:00In reading through the Geneva Conventions, I've fo...In reading through the Geneva Conventions, I've found it to be an idealized and almost romanticized look at war. It does not seem to be grounded in reality, which is bad, given how often it is cited.<BR/><BR/>The main problem is it attempts to civilize something which, by its very nature, only occurs when civilization fails.Lori A. Basiewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00115503014838870398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1159806638110931522006-10-02T09:30:00.000-07:002006-10-02T09:30:00.000-07:00Sp. error--of course "supported" only has one 'o' ...Sp. error--of course "supported" only has one 'o' in it :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1159805806321466482006-10-02T09:16:00.000-07:002006-10-02T09:16:00.000-07:00You realize, Mac, that this was a majority vote in...You realize, Mac, that this was a majority vote in Congress for passage. Meaning, Democrats voted for it as well. So voting for a Dem, w/o checking their vr, first, may be a vote for torture, also.<BR/><BR/>Granted, Bush held the power to veto the bill, either way. I'm equally ashamed of McCain for supporting it/Bush, btw. Especially w/ what McCain survived in Vietnam. Boggles my mind that he caved, of all people.<BR/><BR/>I honestly believed it would not pass. But in all fairness, the Dems who suppoorted this are equally culpable. They, along w/ the Republicans who allowed this, should not be re-elected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1159721930117170062006-10-01T09:58:00.000-07:002006-10-01T09:58:00.000-07:00Hey. Or we could talk about the new Robert Frost ...Hey. Or we could talk about the <A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/09/27/obscure_robert_frost_poem_discovered_by_grad_student/" REL="nofollow">new Robert Frost poem</A>.<BR/><BR/>!!Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846076773328384778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1159721630856240032006-10-01T09:53:00.000-07:002006-10-01T09:53:00.000-07:00*crosses fingers*I think you missed my point (whic...*crosses fingers*<BR/><BR/>I think you missed my point (which was easy to do since I was being snarky and obtuse) but I like you and don't want to argue. I'd rather agree on things like how incredible the Sound looks from East Marine View Drive and comiserate about the woes of the Mariners. I don't walk around all day shouting "yay torture" but I do see a world of difference between what we do (and why) and what they do (and why.)Jeff Draperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950686688288213875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1159692274654672422006-10-01T01:44:00.000-07:002006-10-01T01:44:00.000-07:00Witness, SMP is St Martin's Press. :)Witness, SMP is St Martin's Press. :)Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846076773328384778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1159692239894011162006-10-01T01:43:00.000-07:002006-10-01T01:43:00.000-07:00Nice try, Scriptorius--terrible logic. Just becau...Nice try, Scriptorius--terrible logic. Just because the bad guys choose to engage in barbaric behavior, it certainly doesn't follow that we have some sort of moral justification to do the same.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846076773328384778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1159655591869817932006-09-30T15:33:00.000-07:002006-09-30T15:33:00.000-07:00I'm glad you took the time to research what a behe...I'm glad you took the time to research what a beheaded American citizen looks like and put that side by side with this post. Oh wait...Jeff Draperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950686688288213875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1159629168627505922006-09-30T08:12:00.000-07:002006-09-30T08:12:00.000-07:00I wanna see you grin like a loon baby!Who is SMP -...I wanna see you grin like a loon baby!<BR/>Who is SMP - I remember that being the maths programme we had to learn at school!<BR/>(Simple Maths Problems)<BR/><BR/>weird huh?Aceholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12635330338584020375noreply@blogger.com