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The Army has concluded that 27 of the detainees who died in U.S. custody in Iraq or Afghanistan since 2002 were the victims of homicide or suspected homicide, military officials said in a report released Friday.The number is higher than Pentagon officials have acknowledged, and it indicates that criminal acts caused a significant portion of the dozens of prisoner deaths that occurred in U.S. custody...Another Army investigation found systematic abuse and possible torture of Iraqi prisoners at a base near Mosul just as top military officials became aware of abuse allegations at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, documents released Friday show.Records previously released by the Army have detailed abuses at Abu Ghraib and other sites in Iraq as well as at sites in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The documents released Friday were the first to reveal abuses at the jail in Mosul and are among the few to allege torture directly.An officer found that detainees "were being systematically and intentionally mistreated" at the holding facility near Mosul in December 2003. The 311th Military Intelligence Battalion of the Army's 101st Airborne Division ran the lockup."There is evidence that suggests the 311th MI personnel and/or translators engaged in physical torture of the detainees," a memo from the investigator said. The January 2004 report said the prisoners' rights under the Geneva Conventions were violated.
_Mohammed Sayari, Afghanistan, April 28, 2002. Army Special Forces captain reprimanded._Mullah Habibullah, about 28, Bagram, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2002. Sgt. James P. Boland, 377th Military Police Company, charged with dereliction of duty; more charges possible against others._Dilawar, 22, Bagram, Dec. 10, 2002. Pfc. Willie V. Brand, 377th Military Police Company, charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to documents obtained by Human Rights Watch. Boland charged with dereliction, assault and maltreatment, more charges possible against others._Unidentified person, Wazi Village, Afghanistan, January 2003. Under investigation._Jamal Naseer, 18, Gardez, Afghanistan, March 2003. Under investigation._Unidentified person, Camp Bucca, Iraq, May 12, 2003. Soldier reprimanded for not using warning shots before killing someone trying to enter the camp._Abdul Wali, 28, Asadabad, Afghanistan, June 2, 2003. CIA contractor David Passaro charged with assault._Dilar Dababa, Baghdad, June 13, 2003. Died of head injury. USA Today reported he died during interrogation._Obeed Hethere Radad, Tikrit, Iraq, Sept. 11, 2003. Soldier discharged for voluntary manslaughter for not warning escaping prisoner before shooting him._Manadel al-Jamadi, Abu Ghraib, Iraq, Nov. 4, 2003. Died during interrogation. Several Navy SEALs charged; and two CIA personnel under investigation._Abdul Wahid, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 6, 2003. Badly wounded man dies in U.S. custody. No U.S. charges The Denver Post reported he died at interrogation facility while shackled and gagged._Muhamad Husain Kadir, Taal Al Jal, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2004. Pfc. Edward Richmond, 25th Infantry Division, received three years in prison for voluntary manslaughter._Karim Hassan, 36, Kufa, Iraq, May 21, 2004. Capt. Rogelio Maynulet, 1st Armored Division, facing court-martial over what he described as mercy killing of wounded Iraq militiaman._Unidentified person, 16, Sadr City, Iraq, Aug. 18, 2004. Staff Sgt. Johnny M. Horne Jr., Fort Riley, Kan., sentenced to three years in prison in another purported mercy killing. Staff Sgt. Cardenas J. Alban, also from Fort Riley, convicted and sentenced to one year confinement._Three unidentified people, Sadr City, August 2004. Sgt. Michael P. Williams and Spc. Brent May, from Fort Riley, facing murder charges._At least 6 more investigated by U.S. Army.
In November 2002 ... A CIA case officer at the "Salt Pit," a secret U.S.-run prison just north of Kabul, ordered guards to "strip naked an uncooperative young Afghan detainee, chain him to the concrete floor and leave him there overnight without blankets," ... Afghan guards "paid by the CIA and working under CIA supervision" dragged the prisoner around the concrete floor of the facility, "bruising and scraping his skin," before placing him in a cell for the night without clothes. An autopsy by a medic listed "hypothermia" as the cause of death, and the man was buried in an "unmarked, unacknowledged cemetery." A U.S. government official interviewed told the Post: "He just disappeared from the face of the earth."
Sgt. Erik Saar, a soldier who spent three months in the interrogation rooms at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, tells ... a [story] of bizarre, even sadistic, treatment of detainees in the American prison camp. ... Saar said, some U.S. military intelligence personnel used cruelty, and even bizarre sexual tactics against the prisoners.
—- "these incidents ... were everywhere: from Guantánamo Bay to Afghanistan, Baghdad, Basra, Ramadi and Tikrit and, for all we know, in any number of hidden jails affecting ''ghost detainees'' kept from the purview of the Red Cross. They were committed by the Marines, the Army, the Military Police, Navy Seals, reservists, Special Forces and on and on. The use of hooding was ubiquitous; the same goes for forced nudity, sexual humiliation and brutal beatings; there are examples of rape and electric shocks."—- "a captain in military intelligence ... wrote: 'The gloves are coming off gentlemen regarding these detainees, Col. Boltz has made it clear that we want these individuals broken'."—- "hooded and cuffed with flexicuffs, threatened to be tortured and killed, urinated on, kicked in the head, lower back and groin, force-fed a baseball which was tied into the mouth using a scarf and deprived of sleep for four consecutive days."—- "When he said he would complain to the I.C.R.C. he was allegedly beaten more. An I.C.R.C. medical examination revealed hematoma in the lower back, blood in urine, sensory loss in the right hand due to tight handcuffing with flexicuffs, and a broken rib."—- "hooded, handcuffed in the back, and made to lie face down, on a hot surface during transportation. This had caused severe skin burns that required three months' hospitalization"—- "They threw pepper on my face and the beating started. This went on for a half hour. And then he started beating me with the chair until the chair was broken. After that they started choking me. At that time I thought I was going to die, but it's a miracle I lived. And then they started beating me again. They concentrated on beating me in my heart until they got tired from beating me. They took a little break and then they started kicking me very hard with their feet until I passed out."—- "three marines in Mahmudiya used an electric transformer, forcing a detainee to ''dance'' as the electricity coursed through him."—- "burning cigarettes were placed in the ears of detainees."—- "M.P.'s jumped onto his back and legs. He was beaten with a broom and a chemical light was broken and poured over his body. . . . During this abuse a police stick was used to sodomize DETAINEE-07 and two female M.P.'s were hitting him, throwing a ball at his penis, and taking photographs."
Detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were shackled to the floor in fetal positions for more than 24 hours at a time, left without food and water, and allowed to defecate on themselves, an FBI agent who said he witnessed such abuse reported in a memo to supervisors, according to documents released yesterday.[...]In another e-mail, an unidentified FBI agent describes at least three incidents involving Guantanamo detainees being chained to the floor for extended periods of time and being subjected to extreme heat, extreme cold or "extremely loud rap music."
The new ACLU documents detail abuses seen by FBI personnel serving in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, including incidents in which military interrogators grabbed prisoners' genitals, bent back their fingers and, in one case, placed duct tape over a prisoner's mouth for reciting the Koran.In late 2002, an FBI agent recounted that one detainee at Guantanamo Bay had been subjected to "intense isolation" for more than three months and that his cell was constantly flooded with light. The agent reported that "the detainee was evidencing behavior consistent with extreme psychological trauma," including hearing voices, crouching in a corner for hours and talking to imaginary people.
... anyone with half a brain who continues to insist that the torture (sorry, "abuse") story is about a few bad apples taking a frat hazing a tad too much to heart at Abu Ghraib alone are full of it and doing the country a disservice through their intellectual dishonesty. It's clear that, while not some God-awful American gulag archipelago—torture has manifestly occurred in detention facilities from Afghanistan to Iraq to Cuba. [...]...it's time for intellectuals who care about the moral fiber of our polity, on both the Left and Right, to start speaking more loudly about these worrisome trends. America's better angels, and our more aspirational national narratives, simply demand it.
My preferred method of dealing with these terror prisoners would be to get two captains and a major together as a tribunal, declare them to be unlawful combatants, and put them in front of a firing squad. Now, maybe, because we're nice guys, we could let them know that if any of them give us verifiable, useful information, then we'll commute their sentences, and won't shoot them. Otherwise, however, it's a blindfold and a last cigarette for the lot of 'em.The difference of course, is that doing so would be legal.
Reforms are something we need in Guantanamo, where we have isolated a new species not previously known in the taxonomic order: the man who is not a prisoner of war, not a traitor, but an enemy combatant. If there is reason to be vexed by Secretary Rumsfeld, it is surely that he has not encouraged a Table of Organization that deals with that phenomenon other than simply by sticking him in a corner of Cuba without any avenue of hope or resolution. If it was decided that he should face the firing squad, then at least there would be judicial proceedings to contend with, successfully or unsuccessfully.
Unfortunately, efforts to shed light on the proceedings at the military prisons in Iraq, Afgahnistan, and Cuba, are tainted by the fact that the most vocal supporters of those efforts are simply looking for propoganda to make the Bush Administration, the military, and America look bad, in an attempt to vindicate whatever anti-War viewpoint they might hold.
I'll get bothering get outraged to the point of being an activist about 24 murders over the course of two years, no lets be generous and say I don't know, 60 murders, when I see as much outrage for the 24-60 murders a day that suicide bombers are committing in Iraq and the countless other travesities committed by the enemy.
The International Human Rights organizations are fatally flawed and extremely biased against the US.
If we were to employ firing squads the international outrage would be even greater than it is now.
General Meyers says the military has detained 68,000 people over the last 2 years or more. Of those, 108 have died in custody and, of those, 27 appear to be murders. That translates to an annual murder rate of less than 0.02%.
You lack the understanding that there will be instances of murder in any large-scale war. Do you actually doubt that?
Finally, if you are going to use the word "torture," it behooves you to define it.
The US military is not as well equipped, trained and experienced to handle the 'worst-of-the-worst'
I'd find it much easier to get excercised about this if the vast majority of people who were on soap boxes about this weren't unabashed enemies of the American people and/or pontificating merely for political gain.
What EXACTLY are you suggesting we do that would distinctly deferientate our behavior as good American citizens from the enemies of the United States using these facts as a propaganda weapon?
Do you see a partern here? The problem is akin to using mechanics as medics?
As best as I can tell in the context of what you wrote, you are only outraged because Americans are doing this.
Look at Milosevic's trial for a taste of the future.
That people who would otherwise have been killed in battle have been killed instead in custody?
Man, Glenn is a homophobe.
I also find it interesting the way people combine Gitmo-Abu Ghraib- and Afghanistan prisons, as if they are one large complex.
Another problem, is that people have been punished for their actions. What else do you want?? what will outrage do??
this crowd is not covered by the Geneva Convention
the pervasive use of the word "insurgents" to describe simple terrorists.
But do you really think no such things happened in World War II?
1% of 68 000 is 680. 68 is 0.1%
Yesterday more innocents were murdered by the suicide killers than by US guards in 3 years of Afghan and Iraq military ops. Where is the outrage over the suicide killers?
Less than 100 deaths? There's more EVERY DAY in Darfur, whose government has successfully passed Kerry's Global Test and has been re-instated on the Human Rights Commission. What kind of morals are those?
Those who complain about torture today need to show how it is WORSE than accepting the Democratic Rwanda policy—no torture, no US deaths, no action (genocide OK).
In effect, you give the "barbarians" a pass.
May we take a lesson from the perfect behavior of the Greatest Generation
Reprimanded for murder? "Oh, don't worry about it Ms Sayari, we've reprimanded the Captain responsible for killing your husband."
The Special Forces soldiers, who were not identified by name, believed Sayari had been tracking them when they drove out of the base, according to the investigation report. They decided they would rush out of the base in their Humvees as a ruse so he would follow him.Sayari did, accompanied by several other Afghans in his truck. A short way down the road, the soldiers set up a quick roadblock and stopped him. After ordering the other Afghans to leave, including a member of the Afghan military forces, Sayari was killed.According to a statement provided Monday by the Defense Department, commanders found that the shooting was justified. The statement said the captain was reprimanded only for failing to provide photographs of the scene to investigators.After his death, a soldier said, attacks around the Lwara base dropped significantly.
>>this crowd is not covered by the Geneva Convention >Yes, they are. If only to the extent that they deserve the bare minimum of a tribunal to determine their status and a tribunal to determine their fate. ALL detainees are given that by the GC.
Should any doubt arise as to whether persons, having committed a belligerent act and having fallen into the hands of the enemy, belong to any of the categories enumerated in Article 4 . . .
Only about half of that 68,000 actually entered the detention system, and many of those were only detained for a matter of days, so the denominator is quite a bit less than you suggest.
I suspect alot of the people you describe are like me - they come off as not caring about the evidence provided because they are too busy pointing out that the larger argument being made is specious.
Argue the point Jon is making . . . . In essence, it appears there will always be plenty of excuses as to why we should soft-peddle [sic] crimes committed by Americans.
You might want to take your own advice on arguing the point[s] others are making (e.g., the statistics are invalid, he's inappropriately characterized various incidents as "murder," and misreading the GCs).
the statistics are invalid
he's inappropriately characterized various incidents as "murder,"
misreading the GCs
Again, thank you for making my point. We will always be able to make excuses as to why we shouldn't be upset about the killing of prisoners.
Oh, and Shark added another one: They're not human (whether they were actually combatants or not).
So we can torture and kill anyone we want as long as we can deny them GC satus? Yikes.
Again, thank you for making my point.
The American right and the jihadists deserve each other.
1. Why wasn't the idea of summary executions considered by the Pentagon lawyers and leaders? I'm guessing it was but was rejected for some reason. Say, that our allies would not support us if we did this, just like the EU forensic teams won't help with Iraqi mass graves because the death penalty might be enforced by the Iraqi government using this evidence.Any other ideas for why this wasn't the policy?
4. The enemy is in cells. Information is the best way to fight them. How do you break such men? Psychological pressure? Threat of torture? Torture? Or just three squares a day and a Koran? Yes, we want to have the "moral" upper hand, but how do you break up cells without info?
Wonder if we can come up with some catchy slogan. Like "Kill a commie for Christ" one we once had. How about "Skin a Raghead for human rights?" Does that do it?
Yeah ... kill, torture and abuse all those Ragheads, huh? Written By: McQ
But in a broader argument, we're saying that you can make all the technical arguments you care to make, rationalize torture and murder as some sort of burning necessity upon which our safety is dependent and claim that abuse is fair pay-back for the behavior of our enemies, but we, all of us, reject any argument which tries to legitimize torture and abuse, and we reject it on principle.
Well not if you can wave away incidents of torture as "vigorous questioning techniques". How cute. Torture with a new name and its all fuzzy bunnies.
You are probably never going to be able to fix a precise definition on torture, because at some level anything which you do to punish or confine someone is torturous.
Is torture something which people who claim to champion the principle of human rights use if it fits their immediate purpose (IOW, there's preceived utility in doing so)?If so, defend it on moral grounds. Because somewhere in there has to be a moral principle that defends its use and utility.
Christ ... have you been paying attention? This isn't an argument about utility. Its about the principle of human rights, something which, apparently, is of no concern to those who see utility in torture.To put it succinctly, we don't care one way or the other whether it "works". Its an abuse of human rights. We're libertarians. Guess where we come down on that sort of a thing? Written By: McQ
If you condemn it then you should be perfectly willing to explain to your children or mine why it is that you preferred to let them die rather than sully your personal morality.
I wrote the above statements before looking for information about Murad. I think you left out some important details:
[He] came back after the fire was put out to remove the laptop computer in the apartment, which contained the plans for the attack...For 67 days, he was subjected to "tactical interrogation", what Manila authorities called his torture...His ribs had completely been cracked, and agents were surprised that he survived.He finally confessed after the 67 days. When an agent pretended to be a Mossad agent and told Murad that he was being taken to Israel, Murad's fear of Jews finally broke him, according to an investiagtor.
Richard Kaylor, manager of Richmor Aviation, said the FBI was first alerted to the Schenectady flight school after a Richmond business card was discovered in Murad and Yousef's Manila apartment.Kaylor said two FBI agents came to interview him about Murad in 1996. He said he provided information about Murad and two other student pilots, both of whom lived with Murad.
Cops found Manila street maps and clothing remarkably similar to that of Pope John Paul's entourage—the pontiff was due for a visit a week from the discovery—suggesting a planned attempt on his life. They also discovered bomb materials and a laptop whose disks revealed plans for Project Bojinka.
I have absolutely no problems using torture against a guy like Kalik Sheik Mohammed. They could skin him alive and cover him in salt, for all I care.
This war will be won depending on information, we have the firepower necessary. Whatever it takes when dealing with those people, I support.
I must point out that your Murad example tends to prove the opposite of what you purport it to...The reason Murad talked was because he feared he was about to be tortured by more competent enemies.
Even if we accept your accounting, the ratio of "murders" to all prisoner deaths (27/108 or 25%) shows nothing relative to the ratios in the US corrections system, as natural causes deaths of lifers and others who have been in prison a long time tend to be older people.
Do you condone or condemn the torture of Abdul Hakim Murad? Condemn.
If you condemn it then you should be perfectly willing to explain to your children or mine why it is that you preferred to let them die rather than sully your personal morality.My child would never question my moral choice and I find it telling yours would.
What rules do you follow in a fight to the death?Well the one's I followed in Vietnam were pretty simple. If he fires, he dies. We fight until he is no longer a viable threat. If he surrenders, I take him into custody as a POW. Interestingly a lot of the folks I fought there didn't wear uniforms either. But you know what, my platoon didn't torture a single one. Go figure.
How does your self righteous set of values deal with a knife fight in a closet.A knife fight in a closet? LOL!Look Pierre, the right to self-defense is a fundamental right. And I'll exercise it to the point that the person attacking me is no longer a threat. I've actually had to do that a few times. Have you?
Do you avoid breaking some set of rules that only you hold and that your enemy ignores?Possibly. I would assume, if he's attacking me with deadly force, he's trying to kill me. OTOH, if I manage to incapacitate him and he's no longer a threat to my life, I'm not going to kill him.
Now if that's different that what he might do so be it, but that's my "set of rules".
Please explain why interrogating prisoners is any different from a knife fight in a closet? We're not talking about "interrogating prisoners", we're talking about torturing them. And the difference is it isn't a fight because one of the guys in the closet doesn't have a knife.
Are we or are we not at war?Yes, we are.What set of rules do we obey in war? The rules of war, which, btw, prohibit the torture of prisoners.
Though I am glad to see you admit that torture does indeed work in regards to getting information valuable to defeating the enemy.I'm sorry, but I never said that. The word "works" is in scare quotes for a reason.
Now please explain why you believe it moral to allow untold thousands to die so that you can sleep at night.Here's a better idea. You explain how torture guarantees untold thousands will live, ok? Because that's your premise
Exactly who stated that you got to keep your of values while you defend your country?I did, because they're MY values.
I know that you believe that paramount, I understand the values of Objectivists so you arent that alien to me.LOL! Oh yes they are, but that's another subject. BTW, I'm not an Objectivist.
But if winning is everything and I as a General am willing to sacrifice lives to achieve victory then why do your petty little abstract values have any weight against my winning the war?Because they're not abstract to me. Note your premise. "Winning is everything." It pretty well defines your morality, or, in reality, lack thereof. Your premise is distinctly amoral. Its not one with which I'd want any association
The main problem between you and me is you view this war as won, I don't.Huh? Where you came to this conclusion is beyond me, but hey, it's your rant. Assumptions 'R Us, I guess.
Or more terribly you don't care if we win as long as we follow the rules whilst losing. Which is it?LOL! Uh, neither.There, I've answered every one of your questions. Now what? Written By: McQ URL: http://www.qando.net/
Easy that example that I have by now quoted 5 times did in fact save thousands of lives. Murad narrated to us about a plan by the Ramzi cell in the continental U.S. to hijack a commercial plane and ram it into the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, and also the Pentagon," said Rodolfo Mendoza, a Philippine intelligence investigator.
Nonsense Joan ... what they say is we have minimal standards, called principles, by which we try to live our lives.Don't you?
Even if we accept your accounting, the ratio of "murders" to all prisoner deaths (27/108 or 25%) shows nothing relative to the ratios in the US corrections system,
Hmmm, his computer contained information and he didn't talk for over two months despite brutal torture.
And this from the Washington Post:Richard Kaylor, manager of Richmor Aviation, said the FBI was first alerted to the Schenectady flight school after a Richmond business card was discovered in Murad and Yousef's Manila apartment.
Kaylor said two FBI agents came to interview him about Murad in 1996. He said he provided information about Murad and two other student pilots, both of whom lived with Murad.Hmmm, a business card linked him to a flight school, which in turn pointed them to additional people. FrontPage Magazine reports on additional information found in the apartment:
It's an interesting article. Shall I go on, or have I done enough to show that your initial excitement for the necessity of Murad's torture is entirely overblown?
Consistent at least.Yup ... it's called "principle"
You might find it difficult to explain to dead children. But I am certain than you would feel satisfied that they died for a good cause. So you can sleep tight at night comfortable in the knowledge of your moral superiority.Are "dead children" your ultimate "principle", i.e. would you do anything to prevent the death of children?What I'm really asking is do you have any principles by which you define your life?
Lastly the fact that I consider torture immoral and something I wouldn't do doesn't at all mean that children are going to die, anymore than you using it guarantees they'd live. So while its a rhetorically powerful and emotional example, its invalid.
Yup and thats not a bad rule, unless he has information that you need to prevent a disaster from happening in one of our cities.So your contending there's no other way to get this information?
And whose definition of torture has been getting narrower and narrower each year. What is it now we cannot use harsh language and must provide him with 3 squares a cot and a koran? Ooooh I hear those Al Queda members trembling in fear of breaking and divulging information.No, that's abuse. Torture has always been pretty clearly understood to be the infliction of severe pain (and bodily harm) in an effort to coerce information.
Easy that example that I have by now quoted 5 times did in fact save thousands of lives. Murad narrated to us about a plan by the Ramzi cell in the continental U.S. to hijack a commercial plane and ram it into the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, and also the Pentagon," said Rodolfo Mendoza, a Philippine intelligence investigator.I think JWG has handily dispensed with that myth.
So you don't follow orders that don't conform to your sense of values? I don't follow unlawful or immoral orders, which btw, is what the military teaches me to do (i.e. refuse them). Murder is an unlawful and immoral order. So is torture.
KILL JAPS! KILL JAPS! KILL MORE JAPS! You will help to kill the yellow bastards if you do your job well "Admiral Halsey's famous billboard at the entrance to the Tulagi Naval Base during WW2.
Note your assumption that there is something other of value except winning in a war. Which tells me that you only consider wars where we can all sit around afterwards bemoaning the fact that "Oh Well shucks we lost another one, but at least I feel good about myself". Your concept of war doesnt extend to the sort of war we are in now. You are the sort of warrior we send to defend other nations when they are in trouble but the sort of warrior that might be less useful in a war inside of our country.Huh? This makes absolutely no sense. None. Its factually wrong and filled with non sequitors.You might want to clarify.
Logical to assume that because you are willing to put your values in front of winning that you consider winning a foregone conclusion. Unless you really mean to die to uphold your values. If you do then fine...do it alone. I plan on winning then living with my guilt while I watch my children get old.There's no logic at all in assuming that my principles have to keep me from winning. I'd just go about it differently than you, which is obvious. This is a nonsense and unsupportable argument.
Torture works else it wouldnt still be used.Torture is used because some think it works. Most who've studied it and what it has yielded disagree. Written By: McQ URL: http://www.qando.net/
did in fact save thousands of lives
In reality, I have shown very easily that the torture of Murad over the course of two months did not save any lives. It may have provided a few details that were not in the computer he was trying to retrieve or available from other evidence in the apartment, but his terrorist plots were already prevented. No one would have died if he hadn't been tortured. But I'm certain these documented facts won't stop you from using the Murad example in the future. You seem to really like it.
Now you're trying to use his torture as evidence that torture works. I don't really care if it works or not.
I bet we could get a lot of good information out of American criminals if we started shooting their children. Should we use that technique because "it works"? The effectiveness of torture has never been the main point in these discussions.
In reality, I have shown very easily that the torture of Murad over the course of two months did not save any lives.
It may have provided a few details that were not in the computer he was trying to retrieve or available from other evidence in the apartment, but his terrorist plots were already prevented. No one would have died if he hadn't been tortured. But I'm certain these documented facts won't stop you from using the Murad example in the future. You seem to really like it. Written By: JWG URL: http://www.qando.net
(Side note: I maintain that an enemy in my care who has valuable information about future agressive attacks against my country is actively harming me by not revealing it. As such he continues to be an agressor, but is NOT absolutely defenseless. The truth is his defense.)
McQ:Can't help it that moral questions, when taken to their conclusions, seem overly dramatic to you.
Are you now going to play the "degrees" card when you've denied it to others? And for the record, I never stated that the protection of innocents was the highest standard, only that YOU held your Personal Moral Consistency higher than the protection of innocents. To wit:Pierre wrote and you responded thusly:P:If you condemn it then you should be perfectly willing to explain to your children or mine why it is that you preferred to let them die rather than sully your personal morality.MQ: My child would never question my moral choice and I find it telling yours would.My earlier comment on your response drew a misplaced "non-sequitur alert!" from you. What else should one have inferred from your own answer other than the fact that you hold your Morality of Consistence to be the highest, even unto the detriment or demise of your own children? If it is other than you yourself have stated, I am willing to listen.
As it stands, your answer to Pierre was a non-answer to his question, as well as dismissive and presumptious to the point of inanity.
You have no idea what your children may or may not question unless you have thwarted that highly vaunted free-thinking liberalism in them. That you pride yourself in raising children who never question your moral choices is as scary as military underlings who never question orders. Again, if your position is other than you yourself have stated, please enlighten us with a real answer. As it is, I remain unmoved by your lack of respect for the question posed to you.
And you have utterly failed to provide a moral argument for human rights. You've merely restated that the U.S. holds to the principles of Human Rights and you've restated the main principles of Human Rights.
But you earlier asked for someone to provide the moral argument for torture.
In turn, I ask you to provide the moral argument for Human Rights. What is the argument that makes you understand that harming a so-called defenseless person under one's care is inhumane? By what authority do we deem this tenet the highest? I mean, who says so, and why should I believe them?
(Side note: I maintain that an enemy in my care who has valuable information about future agressive attacks against my country is actively harming me by not revealing it. As such he continues to be an agressor, but is NOT absolutely defenseless. The truth is his defense.)
I'm willing to hear any thoughts that provide exposition on the foundations for any such moral absolute as Torture Is Always Wrong. And it can't be as silly and slipshod as your previous cant. It should be a thoughtful exposition from one who understands how to express what he believes and why. Cuz we ain't seen it yet.
Why do you think our country or others—or even individuals—seek to hold Human Rights as a Moral Virtue? And why should we deem it higher than other moral virtues?
(Side note: I maintain that an enemy in my care who has valuable information about future agressive attacks against my country is actively harming me by not revealing it. As such he continues to be an agressor, but is NOT absolutely defenseless. The truth is his defense.) Joan of Argghh!
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Prince(ss) Jayden. Most names have dodgy histories: George III- mad, George IV- a fat, selfish drunk, Victoria- a sex-mad nutcase, Edward VII- a philanderer and gambler, Edward VIII- scandal with Simpson... even Philip's had his share of bad press. And if we eliminate the names of Edward VII's other mistresses then we can say goodbye to Mary as well.
I think Alice is in contention. It honours both Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Vic, and Alice of Battenburg, Philip's mother. Both are worthy namesakes.
June 17th, 2013 04:49 PM #88
Exactly. If all names that has some bad associations somewhere in history should be excluded, then there wouldn't be any (regal) names left. Alice most certainly is in the picture whether Edward VII's mistress was named it or not, the Duke of Edinburgh's very beloved mother was named Alice and I don't doubt that they would use it in the blink of an eye.Zelia/Elja • Twenty • Film, history and royalty connoisseur • I have a blog and a royalty blog.Exporting beautiful old Danish names, exotic Greenlandic names and Greenlandic sibling names.
Henry Ásgeirr Edmund • Amaury Charles Fyodor "Theo" • Alexander Adelin Lórien "Sasha" • Asa Elessar/Valdemar Ivik
Cosima Ingrid Zenobia "Mimi" • Matilda Ivalo Galadriel "Tilda" • Gaia Margaret Undómiel • Juno Catherine Françoise "Shazza"
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People are coming up with some lovely possibilities, but many of them will not happen, as they're not established British names. That will be one thing they absolutely will stick to, it will be a really British name, there will be no H.R.H. Princess Calliope of that you can be sure.
I know much is made that Will and Kate have broken with tradition several times, such as spending Christmas with her family last year, and not at Sandringham as is traditional. However, I'm afraid there are certain rules they will not be able to break, and choosing a name outside established royal names isn't one of them.
Nothing to stop them going further back into British royal history, and choosing a name from years gone by, such as Matilda. However they won't be going obscure and it's highly unlikely they'll branch to a name never used by the Royal Family before. I know that Princess Anne's daughter is named Zara (which was actually suggested by Prince Charles!), but Zara is not titled (at her mother's request), and was only ever destined for life as a minor royal (I know that sounds harsh, but it's how the British Royal Family works), therefore Anne could be a little bit more "out there". William and Kate won't get that freedom.♥ Margaret Mary ♥
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Find out how documents held by The National Archives can reveal a fascinating picture of the domestic lives of ordinary people living through the Second World War.
Damaged, Disturbed and Dismembered: Disability and War in the 20th Century
Wars in the 20th century have been responsible for the deaths of millions of people. Still more come back from conflict with permanent disabilities, in body and mind, in need of medical treatment, on-going care and financial support. Drawing on the wide range of materials in the National Archives, Dr Julie Anderson explores the history of people disabled in war in the 20th century. This talk was part of The National Archives' Diversity Week, a series of events and activities aimed at promoting equality and diversity in how we work and what we do. Dr Julie Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in the School of History at the University of Kent.
Escape and Evasion in Occupied Europe
Most of the British servicemen taken prisoner by the Axis powers during the Second World War were not liberated until spring 1945. In contrast, a small number escaped from Prisoner of War camps and thousands more evaded capture, eventually making it back to the United Kingdom. This talk focuses on these men, the official organisations established to assist them and the civilian-run escape lines, while case studies are used to highlight the resourcefulness and courage of those concerned. Alan Bowgen has worked at The National Archives since 1996. He is a member of the Military, Maritime and Transport team and specialises in Prisoner of War records.
Forgotten Tragedy: The Loss of HMT Lancastria
On 17 June 1940, HMT Lancastria was sunk by a German bomber while evacuating troops from St Nazaire; over 9,000 troops were packed on board. The exact number of soldiers who died that day will never be known, though even the lowest estimates rank this as the worst British maritime disaster in history, with losses exceeding those of the Titanic and Lusitania combined. This talk attempts to explain why so many who were lost will never be accounted for.
Highlights of Security Service Files Released at The National Archives
This is the twenty-fourth Security Service records release and contains 196 files, bringing the total number of its records in the public domain to more than 4,300. As with previous releases, around 80% of the records are personal files relating to individuals (KV 2), with a small number of subject files (KV 3), policy files (KV 4), organisation files (KV 5) and list files (KV 6). The files cover subjects from the pre-war period, the Second World War and the post-war period, dealing with a range of groups and subjects. We apologise for the poor sound quality during the first few minutes of the recording.
Professor Christopher Andrew introduces the 27th Security Service records release containing 171 files, bringing the total number of Security Service records at The National Archives to more than 4,896. As with previous releases, around three quarters of the records are personal files relating to individuals (KV 2), with the remainder a combination of subject files (KV 3), organisation files (KV 5) and list files (KV 6). The records cover a range of subjects and span the inter-war, Second World War and post-war eras.
Nineteenth Century Soldiers: Getting the Most from Online Resources
This talk aims to explain the intricacies of soldiers' service records online, in record series WO 97, and how using the records of the First World War is something which should be considered when researching nineteenth-century soldiers. William Spencer is The National Archives' principal military specialist, and has worked for The National Archives for the past 17 years. He is the author of a number of books including 'Army Records: A guide for family historians'.
Railways and the Mobilisation for War in 1914
The historian A.J.P Taylor, considering the events of 1914, once argued: 'The First World War had begun - imposed on the statesmen of Europe by railway timetables. It was an unexpected climax to the railway age.' This talk will look at how the railways of Britain and Europe prepared for war in 1914 and how central the railways were to troop mobilisation. Bruno Derrick has been employed by the Public Record Office/The National Archives for 23 years. He has a particular interest in military history and military records, and in records relating to railways, canals and transport, with a particular emphasis on railway genealogy going back to the earliest days of the railways.
Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers' Service Documents
Military records specialist William Spencer talks about WO 97, one of The National Archives' most popular record series. This series holds detailed and comprehensive military records of over 1.5 million soldiers who served in the British Army between 1760 and 1913. This talk reveals the enlightening information found in the records, for anyone with ancestors who served in the army during this period.
The Battle of Towton- a 550-year Retrospective
This talk introduces the biggest battle of the Wars of the Roses, described as 'The largest, longest, bloodiest and most murderous battle ever fought in Britain'. It was the decisive clash in a snowstorm at Towton in Yorkshire on 29 March 1461. A new English dynasty came to the throne with Edward IV's victory, but more Englishmen may have died at Towton than on the first day of the battle of the Somme. The talk outlines the events of that day, looking at some of The National Archives' sources for the battle and examines the participants' motivations. Dr. James Ross is a medieval records specialist at the National Archives. He has a particular interest in the politics of the Wars of the Roses, and the nobility and gentry during the period.


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Rolf H.: Hi Venkata
It is surely useful for IT professionals. DSM analysis is already built into a lot of IT development tools like Sonar and Eclipse but the information provided is not used fully since most projects lack knowledge about what to do with it. I would also recommend the MIT Business Dynamics course for IT professionals working on larger projects as well as the High Velocity Organization and improving performance courses.
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Rolf H.: Hi Enrique
I would imagine that you can put DSM knowledge into good use for large scale regional development programs since it helps your visualize dependecies and manage these better. It will not be a silver bullet for your need though - reason for me saying this is that I think you have a multifaceted challenge.
A strong recommendation is to take the MIT Business Dynamics course as a companion to this one. You will learn about systems thinking and system dynamics which is eminently applicable to sticky, multifaceted challenges like yours.
This said both courses will provide you with skills and tools to help you. DSM to visualize, manage complexity of the project planning and control. System Dynamics to understand and create programs that provide sustainable solutions and their interdependencies and resulting dynamics.
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Enrique G.: Please indicate whether this program can help me to design and manage large scale regional development plans - which include economic, population, ecological, and many other social variables such as human rights, equality, gender. Complexity of social phenomena has always been an obstacle for economic & social devlopment planners and one of the reasons of our failure to address execution problems in the real world with success. Laearning to manage details would seem to be the key.? Would appreciate your response.Thanks Enrique Garcia-Ayaviri
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venkata sree rama murty m.: please let me know how this program can help information technology professionals....
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MIT A.: The first session of the "new" program will take place on Nov 13-14, so register now!
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Urban Outfitters opens today, Thursday, at 42 Nassau Street in Princeton.
To celebrate their Princeton opening, the company has announced it will donate 10 percent of Princeton sales Thursday through Saturday to WPRB, a non-profit radio station run by Princeton University students.
Urban Outfitters sells clothing, accessories and housewares for the young and hip. It will occupy more than 10,000 of shopping space the first and second floors of the building.
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Anti-Dooley message painted on Tennessee's Rock, quickly covered over
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee -- The Rock, a large boulder that is used as a canvas for student opinions at Tennessee, briefly contained a message urging that coach Derek Dooley be fired.
Twitter reports said the artwork didn't last long before it was repainted by another message.
Tennessee (3-3, 0-3 SEC) lost to No. 19 Mississippi State 41-31 Saturday night in Starkville. Dooley, in his third year at Tennessee, has yet to beat a ranked team.
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Fire him tennessee to big for him we wanna win at tennessee. Tired of coming up short an them being out coached. Can't make adjustments. Its gonna get worst if he stays
What is the answer at this point? Flush and start again? Without a major hire we right back in the same boat again. I am sick to my stomach at constantly hearing how we have one of the most potent passing attacks and all this talent and can't win. This was supposed to be a break-out year at 8-4 which wasn't too much to ask for. Five and seven is now a legitimate prediction, I am sorry to say. If we do flush, then the hire needs to be a proven winner, not a name, not a gimmick.
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Texas man faces trial in Va in alleged fraud
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Several witnesses reportedly watched a UFO seemingly hover over the ocean just off the coast of the Sydney suburb of Dee Why in New South Wales, Australia. Local resident Don Jeffery was walking along the beach on the morning of ...Read More »
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Massachusetts' Mandatory Health Insurance program, which becomes effective on July 1, 2007, is touted as a national model to address the needs of the more than 45 million Americans without health insurance.
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Latest NewsA key feature of the Massachusetts Mandatory Health Insurance program was a charge of $295 per month per employee for all businesses in the state that refuse to provide health insurance options for their workers.
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When signing this legislation into law in April 2006, Governor Romney, a Republican, used his line-item veto power to nullify this plan feature, primarily due to pressure from business lobbies and special interests.
Another concern is that $295 is not a high enough monthly per-employee charge to encourage employers to participate in this state program....because a state charge of $295 might be cheaper than the per-employee cost of health insurance to businesses.
The New York Times predicted, in an April 15, 2006 editorial, that Romney "is almost certain to be overridden by the overwhelmingly Democratic legislature" in reinstating the $295 (or higher) charge to the program.
BackgroundMassachusetts Mandatory Health Insurance program will provide health coverage as follows for the state's 500,000 uninsured:
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I'm actually not really surprised if there are still people who haven't seen Utena. I mean, it's been OOP for a while, and the re-release ironically coincided with the first new anything Ikuhara's done in years. In that sense, wouldn't be surprised if people in Japan hadn't heard about it. And let's face it. If Sailor Moon is a Hot Topic kind of franchise, Utena would be its older and smart-ass hipster cousin who's too cool to sell out.
Especially 'cus of this and this.
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|As much as I love Eden of the East, and think the series is a great thing to show people who aren't into anime, I would give someone Summer Wars over EotE.
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Wow, sure am glad I have kept current with Adult Swim's airings of Durarara. Otherwise, the second sentence in paragraph two would be incredibly spoilerific. Perhaps a more generic "people aren't always what they seem" or spoiler["even friends keep secrets from each other"] line would be in order. Not everybody streams everything when it first airs.
To those who said I should stick with it until 5 or 6 before cutting it off, thanks, but it only took that week's episode (#4, possibly in part for the only good Baccano cross-over/reference all series.) Now I'm just waiting for somebody to license rescue this, so we get some dubbed BDs and at less than three-digits per disc prices.
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Hmm, what do old anime and Linux have to do with eachother? I don't particularly like old anime (even though I'm several years over thirty), but I've been using Linux for over a decade now. I hope you're not suggesting the connection is neckbeards, because like you I'll never grow one.
Interesting suggestions though. I may have to check if my fujoshi history nerd friend already has either of those anime.
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Since Aniplex is the rights holder, there is no possible way for its license to expire (unless I guess if the company goes belly-up, but that ain't gonna happen). So, there can't be a license rescue. Also, because DRRR!! was aimed primarily at fujoshi (in Japan at least), it did not receive a BluRay release. It is DVD-only even in Japan even though it aired in HD.
As far as Erin recommended DRRR!! for the Baccano! fans, let me just say that I was incredibly let down by DRRR, and I say this as a huge fan of Baccano.
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Worst deal that Right Stuf had. Seriously, even the special edition of the Gurren Lagann movies got better handling.
College fan, really? Not yuri, or artsy "FLCL-heavy" kinda of fan?
Not like there's much other choice for food... and the fujoshi.
I'd probably pick Toradora over this... plus doesn't "Your Crush" imply that they might take their romcoms... in any way? Why not Katanagatari? *shakes fist at Right Stuf*
I'd pick Oh! Edo Rocket up in place of this. It's not like there's a monopoly on period dramas in the first place, but this show is just too boring. I can't remember anyone's names, let alone motives, and everything just seems to happen in tandem with the history. Frankly, I'd be more entertained reading a history book; Oh! Edo at least played on the actual feeling of the times back then enough to spark interest in the era to like the show more!
But, I dunno...
Guess that makes sense; but what is "those shows" and "that kind of show"...
You don't think its attempt to make a social commentary being ditched for full-blown entertainment... isn't nitpicking? Not to mention, the idea is practically abandoned for idealism (you said so yourself in a previous column but I'm coining here) to the point you'd bother care to relive the intrigue.
Granted, the show is fun for everyone, I'll give you that, but I'd pick Eva 2.0 for actually showing non-fans how anime at its most rawest can affect... anyone. And with no abandoned sentiments either. Just saying.
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Yea, Erin you've got a bit of a spoiler when you mention DRRR!! You might want to change that a bit.
Just out of curiosity why did you feel "incredibly let down by DRRR"? That seems to be a pretty negative reaction.
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|Nice to see Sound of the Sky as one of the gift suggestions. I'm sure TRSI / Nozomi appreciate being 50% of the choices too.
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Well, all the things I loved about Baccano, the frenetic pace, the copious amount of violence, the jumbled up presentation, the psychotic characters... all of that isn't in Durarara. Instead I got a schoolboy and his friends messing around with some punks. Nobody dies and I never felt any sort of rush while watching. It has some fantastic side characters. I could watch an entire series based around Dotachin/Walker/Erika, but sadly those characters don't get much attention, and even when they do, their twisted personalities aren't ever really shown. The manga does a much better job with the atmosphere and a much darker presentation, but even then it doesn't hold a candle to Baccano in my opinion.
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Durarararararararararararararararara really should get a bluray series release. It didn't even get one in japan for whatever reason. I would think that Aniplex(?) would try to capitalize on how popular it must be now since it was on Adult Swim.
Also I hope too many people didn't watch it as it aired on Adult Swim. It was certainly the kind of series that works well when watched in huge chunks at once.
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Interesting timing especially considering the last episode of DRRR aired just this past Saturday. Unfortunately, I loved the show so much that I just had to splurge on both the 2nd and 3rd boxsets, so I ended up finishing the series much earlier than I thought I would.
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|o.O The idea that Sound of the Sky falters at the end blows my mind. I don't know of many anythings with such a perfect ending.
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No way. This year imho was very weak concerning new anime series, but even if going only by your "shelf worthy" tags, most of these series are old and / or re-releases that I just can't consider as "2011". Well, if you found many series to like, great for you. Probably I should just finally give up on being an anime fan and accept that I've outgrown this medium >.>
DRRR was like the childish and geeky version of Baccano. After loving Baccano I was looking forward to DRRR so much. Big disappointment.
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