Wednesday, September 20, 2006

 

What is and What Should Never Be

The socialist Brit paper the Guardian has a list of what it calls CIA tough interrogation techniques. They're really tough; almost like torture, I bet. Ready?

Induced hypothermia; forcing suspects to stand for prolonged periods; sleep deprivation; a technique called "the attention grab" where a suspect's shirt is forcefully seized; the "attention slap" or open hand slapping that hurts but does not lead to physical damage; the "belly slap"; and sound and light manipulation.

I looked in my Big Book of Torture and none of these were listed therein.

Seizing a suspect's shirt forcefully. Oh, the humanity!

I've always looked at the fall of Empires as a prolonged wussification unto death. If it's a war crime to grab a suspect's shirt forcefully, we should just hammer our tanks into plowshares and bend our necks to the inevitable fall of a dull scimitar.

Comments:
Jeez! I got worse than that at my Catholic high school.

Brass
 
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