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I read about some of the torturing that has been done to those prisoners... I don't think there are words that can capture the sheer insanity of it all. I .. ca
by PartiallyTyped 3y ago
I read about some of the torturing that has been done to those prisoners... I don't think there are words that can capture the sheer insanity of it all. I .. can't imagine how anyone could do something like that to a living being.
- colpabar 3y agoI don't mean to be rude, but you should get over it because this is the world we live in and pearl clutching isn't going to stop them. Don't be sad, get mad!
- mburns 3y agoTo be fair, being mad hasn’t stopped them, either.
- rexpop 3y ago> get over it > get mad I can't help but feel this is contradictory advice.
- PartiallyTyped 3y agoI don't see how I am "pearl-clutching". > Pearl-clutching is a deliberate bad-faith reaction to a comment and a form of civil POV-pushing. It is done in order to exaggerate the effects and impacts said comment had. I merely spoke about the atrocities I read about, and expressed my disbelief in how a person could even commit something like that.
- oldpersonintx 3y ago[flagged]
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoWhile. Not For.
- slowmovintarget 3y agoRight, he won the Peace Prize for winning the election. (He hadn't actually done anything, and hadn't even taken office when the prize was announced.)
- PartiallyTyped 3y agoLet us not forget the hospital drone strikes during his presidency.
- sschueller 3y agoNot any hospital but one run and staffed by doctors without borders. A hospital which was specifically on a non-target list and was known by the US military. The supposed mistake is akin to accidentally dropping a bomb on one of your own bases. Accidents do happen but something like this is a huge failure in US military procedures.
- tzs 3y agoObama issued an executive order to close it on his second full day in office. Congress blocked it. He continued trying to close it throughout both of his terms, and Congress continued to prevent that.
- ericmcer 3y agoWhat Guantanamo is horrible but in a historical context it is pretty tame. How can you know about slavery, the holocaust, etc. and be unable to imagine force feeding prisoners who are hunger striking.
- crote 3y agoJust saying "well, the Holocaust was worse" isn't exactly the best defense of foreign policy, is it? When you claim to be "the land of the free" and a "bringer of democracy" you can't be doing a Guantanamo without coming across like a massive hypocrite. Morals and ethics can't be thrown away the second they become mildly inconvenient.
- ericmcer 3y agoI never was defending it, they said they were shocked that humans were capable of doing what was done at Guantanamo. I was just saying that there are some other historical events that will really surprise them.
- PartiallyTyped 3y agoWell, had you read about anal feeding, and the rapes, and everything else, you'd be equally appalled. I am not saying that these have not happened in the holocaust or other such events, but I am appalled that this was done recently, and that there exist people willing to commit those acts.
- ryandrake 3y ago> I am appalled that this was done recently, and that there exist people willing to commit those acts. You should be appalled but not surprised. The world is full of monstrous, terrible people, and not just dictators and high up masterminds, but terrible average joes. If you posted a job opportunity that openly said "Job duties: Inflicting torture, rape, and suffering on people we will convince you are bad" you would not have to look far to find job candidates lined up to do it.