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Recently read a headline I could not believe was not from The Onion: "Guantanamo Bay Prisoners force fed at night during Ramadan"
by herge 13y ago
Recently read a headline I could not believe was not from The Onion: "Guantanamo Bay Prisoners force fed at night during Ramadan"
- Ovid 13y agoIt's horrifying. Might as well force-feed them pork. And the US knows that this is illegal, too: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/05/forcefeeding-hunger-strikers-guantanamo http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/05/forcefee...
- StavrosK 13y agoNo, they force-fed them at night, which is when they could eat. It's still fucked up, but at least it's not a sin.
- Ovid 13y agoIf true, then you have a valid point. What a sorry state the US is in that nuances like this are considered.
- yardie 13y agoIt's not a sin, period. Eating during Ramadan is not a sin. You fast to sacrifice and share together (really, in spite of what you heard people get fat during Ramadan). But young children, the elderly, and the sick aren't required to fast nor is it considered a sin not to. The doctors could have force fed them swine blood at high noon and it would not make an iota of difference. To the detainees it's a bullshit maneuver that says, "see, we're respecting Islam, we aren't burning the Koran anymore," when everyone can clearly see this is utter bullshit.
- simonsarris 13y agoIsn't that consistent with normal force-feeding, except its properly respecting Ramadan? The fast of Ramadan begins at sunrise and ends at sunset. So force-feeding them at night is the religiously observant thing to do. (To say nothing about force-feeding in general)
- herge 13y agoSo we (if only we could just blame the Americans, but we are all responsible, unfortunately) respect their religious rights but completely ignore their rights to liberty or even a fair trail. You have to admit, it's hilarious. Even the Soviets could not have made up this stuff.
- bayesianhorse 13y agoIt's just a tad ironic. Disrespect their basic rights to freedom, fair trial, cause them physical harm and torture - but respect a small point of ramadan fasting procedure...
- deelowe 13y agoFor Ramandan, you can't eat during the day. There's nothing against eating at night.