Posted on 05/07/2009 7:21:04 PM PDT by guyshomenet
... Back then little specific information was released concerning the treatment of the Guantánamo gang, yet insinuated was that prisoners were being mistreated and that ‘torture’ was being practiced.
This caught my attention because the media tossed the term ‘torture’ about with characteristic abandon. You would think that people who use words to earn their daily grub might take the same care of their tools that an auto mechanic does with his. Sadly modern reporters seem to be one step removed from journalist and two steps from literate.
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I decided to have the definition of ‘torture’ logged firmly in my cranium before opening my mouth. I did not want to be mistaken for a reporter.
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The key stanza in that abbreviated tune is “severe physical pain”. Note that no word is wasted. To be torture the recipient must ...
For a book-in-progress I recently interviewed the owners for San Francisco’s Citadel, a BDSM basement for the town’s whip-n-chain hobbyists. Those people know torture. Perhaps our Guantánamo guests should be sent to San Francisco’s SOMO district for R&R&BDSM.
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