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kalter.rauch
- 05:55am Jan 11, 2003 EST (#
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lunarchick
1/9/03 11:09am
You said......
Torture - kids use it on kids.
......preceded by some ridiculous comparisons to juvenile
tricks akin to "Hey! Wanna see a match burn twice???"
As irritating as your irrelavancy is, this crass
minimization of sheer HORROR is an OUTRAGE!!!
The Amnesty International report on Iraq, for instance, as
sickening as it is, is an insipidly abridged summary of the
diabolically perverted torments suffered by Iraqis ever since
Sodom came to power.
One of the worst tortures is called "Al Aswad".
The victim is strapped to a bare metal chair with a hole
cut in the seat. A motorized, articulating skewer raises and
enters the anus...whereupon high-speed, spring-loaded blades
proceed to mince their way through the prisoner's
intestines!!!
......
One can only HOPE that sheer blood loss mercifully ends the
person's life before molten lead or hot oil is injected.
Your shamelessly sanctimonious protestations over the US
"going into" Iraq, as well as your blissful silence regarding
Rshow's support for torture under "State security regimens"
MUST BE CONDEMNED, and YOU MUST DISAVOW any further tacit OR
overt support for such utterly hideous practices!!!
rshow55
- 09:48am Jan 11, 2003 EST (#
7589 of 7596)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click
"rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for
on this thread.
I'm facing certain temptations. Sometimes the temptation to
tell the truth - and tell it in a reasonably whole, and
balanced way - is strong - and yet has to be resisted. I had
nothing to be ashamed of (on balance) at any time in the
sequence immediately leading up to, during, or immediately
after my torture - and neither, so far as I can tell, did
anybody else, on balance, though there were the usual
infelicities - some the results of mistakes, some obligatory
under the circumstances. I think Americans should be proud, of
the hard work that led up to my torture - and the work done
during it - and much afterwards involved with the efforts we
were involved with. All the same, there are cautionary aspects
to the tale.
I'm thinking about explaining the story, in a balanced way,
from my point of view, on this board - but am hesitating. I
can do it a little later, if I choose.
I have the usual mix of reasons to hesitate. And some
specific ones. For one thing, I think a lot of things I've
hoped for are going WELL - in my own analysis - and in the
actions of others.
For another, I'm making a transition of certain things from
a digital dominant to an analog dominant mode - my wife is
helping me - and doing it beautifully - but yesterday I got so
messed up that I flunked an eye test - from lots of points of
view.
Professionals judge "perfect" according to criteria - and
there is definitely such a thing as too much and too precise
correction in a pair of reading glasses. Too much resolution
can be harsh and distracting - and glasses are prescribed to a
level where the person being tested can't reliably distinguish
between one image and another a few seconds later. But people
are different - and needs are different.
For me, I think I need a set of computer glasses that have
the best resolution possible when my eyes are relaxed. I'll be
going back and getting an eye test redone (and a set of lens
specifications in a manufacturing que changed) so that I can
correct for my own insensitivity on the last test. I'll ask
for the prescription that lets me read the finest letters the
opthamologist can get me able to read.
Corrections, both plus and minus - have to be right for
specific circumstances - and answers that are backwards for
one purpose may be fitting in another particular case.
To be very sensitive according to some criteria -
you have to be very insensitive to many other criteria.
Some few times, even backwards.
I woke up this morning feeling great - exhilerated,
sensitive - - and I'm being careful. It isn't a good day for
big or fast moves - it feels like a good day to relax, and
make careful ones. Keller's piece is wonderful. I think things
we've been talking about on the board are going well.
I'm hoping to get some more organized, ready to show and
teach, about canonicity - and beauty.
I don't know whether I'll be posting much more today. I
may.
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