tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010538.post1426304048838380452..comments2023-10-06T06:24:23.622-04:00Comments on don't eat alone: the view from hereUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010538.post-12789415814836022022007-11-05T20:23:00.000-05:002007-11-05T20:23:00.000-05:00I am so wounded over this. How can we come to any ...I am so wounded over this. How can we come to any conclusion except that we have become an evil nation. We are an evil empire who takes people away in the night to gulags were they endure torture and are never told what they did and how long they will be there.<BR/><BR/>We are doing that. We better rise up in 2008 and make the Republicans fucking pay for doing this. How long will it take to get our economy back? How long until we find a few dollars to help some people at home? How long before the world forgives us?Real Live Preacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03757644935379896122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010538.post-29901894572802355582007-11-03T15:47:00.000-04:002007-11-03T15:47:00.000-04:00I found this blogger's explanation of and discussi...I found this blogger's explanation of and discussion of waterboarding to be very informative (and terrifying). It astounds me that a supposedly democratic, western country would consider this a defensible practice.parodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454972767684196711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010538.post-11032997326646740182007-11-03T12:33:00.000-04:002007-11-03T12:33:00.000-04:00I could have lived my life without seeing that ima...I could have lived my life without seeing that image... have been hearing enough about it as it is. Still, it is wise to know one's enemy - to quote Pogo, "and he is us ."<BR/><BR/>God help us, indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010538.post-88701340740091906812007-11-03T08:33:00.000-04:002007-11-03T08:33:00.000-04:00Dear God, that a supposedly civilised country can ...Dear God, that a supposedly civilised country can even be debating whether something like this 'counts' as torture.<BR/><BR/>We are hit, we hit back, we teach others to hit, we prolong the cycle. Someone has to break the cycle.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for writing about this terrible thing.<BR/><BR/>PS: Bette Midler is not the worst role model in the world...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010538.post-71268733143391988172007-11-03T01:53:00.000-04:002007-11-03T01:53:00.000-04:00Heaven help us...please...heaven help us! A year a...Heaven help us...please...heaven help us! A year ago I was in Cambodia and visited Toul Sleng where Pol Pot carried out those hideous atrocities, and saw that waterboard that was pictured along with many other creative ways to invoke pain, torture and humiliation. All of us occasionally lose perspective and believe the sun revolves around the earth...even to the tune of 13 mil...but it is inconceivable to me after standing in those torture halls, how one could lose perspective that totally... and to justify dehumanizing another human being in the throes of war or a confirmation hearing is beyond my comprehension...I need to go throw up now.<BR/><BR/>dgdghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270609927473261994noreply@blogger.com