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I think icegreentea might be wondering why there is outrage now, when this sort of thing has been going on for really a long time. eg. A fellow Australian (Dav
by Andys 16y ago
I think icegreentea might be wondering why there is outrage now, when this sort of thing has been going on for really a long time.
eg. A fellow Australian (David Hicks) was held for years at Guantanamo without charge or trial. Rightly or wrongly, it feels like: no one cared then, why care now?
- mquander 16y agoNo one cared then? Exactly the same people cared then as now. I'm pretty sure that if you page through Glenn Greenwald's blog you will find more than a few instances of outrage over the treatment of military prisoners (including Hicks specifically.)
- lotusleaf1987 16y agoI was outraged then and I'm outraged now. Do I seriously need to reference all the other things that disgust me whenever I say something disgusts me? Nonsense.