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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 06:56 AM
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No more watching Bridge Over the River Kwai and being appalled
by how Alec Guiness is treated by the Japanese. A little time in a hotbox is really just a slightly coercive technique. Since everything is now Ex-Post Facto, I think a few dictators and war criminals are due some apologies.
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KnaveRupe Donating Member (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 06:59 AM
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1. When do they release Lynndie England and Charles Graner?
Obviously, they did nothing wrong; since it's all retroactively ok. I wonder if their lawyers are all over this?
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 07:14 AM
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3. Excellent point. n/t
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 07:01 AM
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2. Waterboarding is way worse than a hotbox, I bet
From descriptions I've read of people enduring both.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 07:19 AM
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4. I'm sure that Admiral who ran with the Ferengi candidate a few years back
is happy that the standards have been lowered on torture ...
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 07:24 AM
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5. I know, if Guiness can walk out of the hot box
how bad could it be? Just a harmless fraternity prank.



:sarcasm:
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 11:21 AM
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6. Torture always defined the BAD guys in countless movies
guess they will all have to be remade to our new standards by Disney.
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