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.
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.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:57 AM 
