Comments on: US Torture Bill explained in Code http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2006/10/02/us-torture-bill-explained-in-code/ I will not fix your computer. Tue, 04 Aug 2020 22:34:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.26 By: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2006/10/02/us-torture-bill-explained-in-code/#comment-1282 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:37:20 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2006/10/02/us-torture-bill-explained-in-code/#comment-1282

LOL! Yes, thank you. :oops: I was typing to fast.

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]]> By: Matt` http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2006/10/02/us-torture-bill-explained-in-code/#comment-1281 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:49:38 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2006/10/02/us-torture-bill-explained-in-code/#comment-1281

wasnt orwells book called 1984?
but i agree, the world (or at the least, america) appears to be heading towards something orwellian

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]]> By: Rosemary http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2006/10/02/us-torture-bill-explained-in-code/#comment-1279 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:42:00 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2006/10/02/us-torture-bill-explained-in-code/#comment-1279

Anyone who actually wants to hold elected office should on no account be allowed to do the job – classic wisdom from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy! :)
By the way, our Senators need to hear from us about how PISSED we are (if you live in Jersey) that they both voted for it because they were scared of Republican name-calling!

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]]> By: Luke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2006/10/02/us-torture-bill-explained-in-code/#comment-1277 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:56:33 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2006/10/02/us-torture-bill-explained-in-code/#comment-1277

You know, sometimes I think that those who desire power are almost by definition unfit to hold it. They are likely to give into temptation and abuse it.

The high ranking politicians should be chosen from among the competent, and not so much from among the willing. But that’s not really possible, isn’t it?

Thanks for the link. The perpetual war thing reminds me so much of Orwellian vision of 1982 that it’s scary…

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]]> By: StarHawk http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2006/10/02/us-torture-bill-explained-in-code/#comment-1275 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:15:18 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2006/10/02/us-torture-bill-explained-in-code/#comment-1275

I love that that’s so cool. if (person = terrorist) Assumed quilty I suppose, lol. Yet in reality our founding fathers killed and tortured indians, had slaves and murdered and ate animals. So I’m not so sure they would be turning over in their graves. This country has always killed and tortured whoever they wished too. But at least in some case if the cops got caught doing so they were “punished”, now i suppose that’s not even the case. A sad state of affairs as america slides even farther into fascism, and I can only wonder when ppl like you and me are going to be arrested for merely talking. But certainly the Torture Bill stands against everything we believe our nation is supposed to be, ie the American Mythology.

We need to be afraid that some day soon, any American who speaks out could hear that late-night knock on the door emblematic of every totalitarian state where people are forced to lower their voices to a whisper.

Governments, always attempt to consolidate power motivated by self-interest and self-preservation, and always abuse whatever power they are allowed. Remember tho, The Ambiguous Enemy is Us

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