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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (105457)	5/30/2005 8:15:59 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I think the Bush administration and the U.S. military are by far the least likely sources of information about Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo that I would rely on. I don't believe the human rights organizations have much of an axe to grind here--they cite whatever rights violations they can find in all countries on a regular basis. The detainees definitely have first hand experience, and while some of them may tell things that aren't true, not all of them will. There is now a large body of reports from ex-detainees, and taken together those do give one some idea of the abuses. The new set of photos that a federal judge ordered released should be very interesting, unless the government gets them stopped on appeal, of course. I disagree that context is always an essential ingredient of understanding. I don't see any context whatsoever in which the abuse photos and stories that have been documented would be remotely acceptable. If you don't like Monday morning quarterbacking, I suspect you will not enjoy Feelies, or much of SI, really. It's one of the most popular sports here.