I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound, everybody look what's going down

Oct 15, 2004 15:16

Remember Seymour Hersh? The man who broke the My Lai story, who broke Abu Ghraib? He has some things to say that everyone should hear, and he said them over 7 days ago....

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karlht October 15 2004, 17:43:53 UTC
The transcription doesn't include the five seconds of silence after he finished the story, followed by a soft "FUCK" from the back of the room.

The back-of-the-room speaker was, in fact, me. It was so much worse to hear that story spoken -- the urgency in the "JUST SHUT UP, you're going to get a bullet in the back. JUST SHUT UP." Hersh was trying to save this kid's life, and he didn't like his chances at all.

I didn't know whether to cry or to throw up.

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