Rhinocrisy

on the RAPE and TORTURE at Abu Ghraib by U.S. “liberators” …

Tom DeLay, R-Texas: “…some people are overreacting. The people who are against the war are using this to their political ends”

Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma: “I have to say I’m probably not the only one up at this table that is more outraged by the outrage than we are by the treatment. The idea that these prisoners, you know they’re not there for traffic violations. If they’re in cellblock 1A or 1B these prisoners, they’re murderers, they’re terrorists, they’re insurgents, many of them probably have American blood on their hands, and here we’re so concerned about the treatment of those individuals.”

Rush Limbaugh, Fat Drug Addict Idiot: “This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation, and we’re going to ruin people’s lives over it, and we’re going to hamper our military effort, and then we are going to really hammer them because they had a good time. You know, these people are being fired at every day. I’m talking about people having a good time, these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You [ever] heard of need to blow some steam off?”

Rush, please don’t EVER EVER blow off steam anywhere near me.

that the video of the beheading of Nick Berg is floating around on the internet and people seem so interested in downloading and watching it. Or, at the very least, people are posting it on a website because “the public has a right to know” and they think there are a lot of people interested in watching it. Something about that creeps me out.

But I wonder also where the line must drawn. I take no pleasure in viewing pictures of corpses but I think it’s important people are aware of what is happening in our world, especially if it’s a result of what our country is doing. I think people need to know so they know what they’re supporting when they say “yeah, we should invade ___;” “yeah, bomb them to the Stone Ages,” “yeah, our boys are just defending themselves,” “yeah, let’s go liberate some Iraqis.” People need to see these pictures to know how things translate to people on the ground. At the same time I don’t think people should become desensitized to the violence.