Subj : Re: BSG
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Jim Larson
Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 19:29:24

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick wrote:

> Tyler Trafford wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> 
> Neither was mine.  Holding items with your arms out was standard school 
> punishment.
> 

In a highly controlled situation, where you knew on some instinctual level 
that there was oversight and that it would never go too far. I strongly doubt 
that you ever feared Sr. Mary Frances would break your wrists if you dropped 
the books you were holding. 

-- 
Jim

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