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MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
A Short History of Psychological Terror "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
Images for those unfamiliar with the Abu Grab incident: - GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING - Abu Ghraib Google image search. . "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
thorin belvrog Send message Joined: 29 Sep 06 Posts: 6418 Credit: 8,893 RAC: 0 |
Images for those unfamiliar with the Abu Grab incident: You find even more when you use the name spelled correctly: Abu Ghraib Account frozen... |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
Images for those unfamiliar with the Abu Grab incident: :/ I started typing into google tool bar and let it complete the words for me. A rare google failure mixed with my frequent errors. Thanks, Thorin! . "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
MAC Send message Joined: 12 Feb 01 Posts: 203 Credit: 58,346 RAC: 0 |
Personally it worries me that Guantánamo exists and that, even if the US calls itself a constitutional state, keeping people locked up for years without trial is possible by "bending" the law. Even though it soulds like a good thing, the step towards the average guy living in a dictatorship is IMHO not as large as you'd guess. It's all about bending the law, suddenly YOU can't speak up freely anymore. Suddenly YOU are tortured in a questioning, to reveal your (nonexistant) accomplices just because your neighbor does not like you or you have stepped on someones toes with some influence or you are simply at the wrong time at the wrong place or post your thoughts in a forum. I just wonder how this will end - fear is a good way to keep people under control. |
MAC Send message Joined: 12 Feb 01 Posts: 203 Credit: 58,346 RAC: 0 |
Wow, very interesting video(after the boring foreword) |
MrGray Send message Joined: 17 Aug 05 Posts: 3170 Credit: 60,411 RAC: 0 |
Thanks for watching MAC! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
I just wonder how this will end - fear is a good way to keep people under control. If I stop posting, I'm probobly at Guantánamo... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
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