Subj : Re: BSG
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Tyler Trafford
Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 15:56:00

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick wrote:
> John I wrote:
>> Nick wrote:
>>> TNW7Z7Z7Z12345 wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Be sure to read the URL John posted.  http://tinyurl.com/8ko7r. It
>>>> is now obvious that this goes way beyond Abu Graib - that it was
>>>> widespread and that the military is still trying to cover it up. 
>>> 
>>> A lot of that is really bad but some of these things I look at and
>>> think, so what? For example: "Detainees were also stacked, fully
>>> clothed, in human pyramids and forced to hold five-gallon water jugs
>>> with arms outstretched or do jumping jacks until they passed out,
>>> the report says." 
>>> 
>>> This stuff looks like really mild fraternity initiation rituals or
>>> even high-school football practice.
>>> Breaking bones and beatings are one thing, but this other stuff is 
>>> laughable. 
>> 
>> Trun off Rush radio.  It is a proven fact that it will actually make
>> you dumber.
>
> So you have been listening to it, eh?
>
> Actually, I don't listen to political radio.
> But I did go to catholic school and military basic training and have
> had to do similar things to these.

I'm pretty sure this wasn't training or trust exercises.

It appeared to have been done for the benefit of the US soldiers. (Not
that I was there, or anything.)
-- 
Tyler Trafford

There is always one thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.
		-- Joan Didion, "Slouching Towards Bethlehem"

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