Interesting point.
Conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan writes:
" ...The torture that was deployed against McCain emerges in all the various accounts. It involved sleep deprivation, the withholding of medical treatment, stress positions, long-time standing, and beating. Sound familiar?"
"According to the Bush administration's definition of torture, McCain was therefore not tortured."
That's a very unsettling thought. What do you think about it?
(I have to monitor news channels dealing with the election for a class. The vast majority of it sounds like harpies screeching to me but every so often something that makes me think comes through all the noise. I am not specifically pointing at McCain - if Obama's people insulted Geekdom I would be just as pissed at them - but this came up and I thought I would share it.)
" ...The torture that was deployed against McCain emerges in all the various accounts. It involved sleep deprivation, the withholding of medical treatment, stress positions, long-time standing, and beating. Sound familiar?"
"According to the Bush administration's definition of torture, McCain was therefore not tortured."
That's a very unsettling thought. What do you think about it?
(I have to monitor news channels dealing with the election for a class. The vast majority of it sounds like harpies screeching to me but every so often something that makes me think comes through all the noise. I am not specifically pointing at McCain - if Obama's people insulted Geekdom I would be just as pissed at them - but this came up and I thought I would share it.)