Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Monday, May 9, 2011

On Torture

Frank W. James wrote one of the better pieces on the use of torture than I have read in a very long time. You should read it.

If you're interested in the life of a modern farmer, his blog should be on your must-read list. For the reasons you'll see in his blog, look for the price of food to go up.

2 comments:

Eck! said...

Torture is part of a systematic application of propaganda. It requires those sought to belive they will be forced to divulge information. It also required those of the governed to believe it it is for the "greater good" which is also systemizing propaganda. As such unacceptable.

Eck!

Stewart Dean said...

You're probably familiar with the political cartoons of Danziger. FWIW, IIRC from email exchange some years ago, he did POW interrogation in Vietnam, never used torture and was able to find out everything he wanted to know while treating them humanely in interrogation.