pericat & Claude:
Thank you for the pointer. After looking at it, I wasn't convinced that the similarities are indicitive of anything other than that humans have learned more about effective ways of causing other humans pain than we can honestly be proud of. Specifically, I'm not seeing any of the more bizzare stuff -- such as James was listing -- on the Israeli website.
Also, pericat:
You'll have to dig further; I've all the horror I can stand in my own back yard and haven't, at the moment, a great deal of interest in yours.
Fair enough. But I wasn't the one who brought Israel into the discussion.
And Claude:
While one should, of course, not make specific accusations without corroborating data, I do not think that it is more virtuous to make nebulous claims and dark insinuations instead. It poisons the discourse, it begs the question, and it cannot be refuted because it "carefully" avoids making actual claims.
Which is why I appreciate your subsequent, more detailed post.
Graydon:
It occurs to me to wonder whether your acquaintances were pursued and beaten by people opposed to America, for being Americans, or by people in favor of America, for denying they were Americans.
The distinction is an important one for people who may be deciding what to say about their nationality while travelling.
Claude:
I have already read some passing comments on the similaries between what went on in this facility and what goes on in West Bank interrogation centers.
Cite, please.
No, really. I mean, I wouldn't be that surprised if you could come up with a cite -- I am well aware that my government and representatives thereof have done bad things to Palestinians -- but until you can actually show me pictures of a naked pyramid of Palestinian prisoners with grinning Iraeli guards, I'd appreciate it if you shut up.
Um, yeah, so the links were improperly formatted.
That's
Kirk Cameron loves the Jesus
via
Randy Milholland
and
Something Positive.
Have you guys seen this?
Randy Milholland (creator of Something Positive) linked to it on his livejournal under the heading "Kirk Cameron loves the Jesus," and that's a fairly accurate description.
The Guardian has a piece about the academic boycott of Israelis, such as it is, or was.
Dave --
If the United States gets to the point of invading Canada, nowhere is far enough.
A friend of Dr. Seuss' made up this poem for him:
You're wrong as the deuce
and you shouldn't rejoice
if you're calling him Seuss.
He pronounces it Soice.
Not that anybody ever listened.
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