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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
You know, I agree with much of what you say but... Gitmo- Auschwitz-lite?
I have no interest in a flame fest but to compare throwing people in an oven to activities such as throwing a Koran in the toilet seems a bit absurd. I know many things have likely been done to the people currently being held at places like Gitmo but I have feeling it pales in comparison to the activities of places such as Auschwitz.
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Hence my use of the words "flavor" and "-in-miniature".
I confess, I meant to be a bit inflammatory. America's not nearly outraged enough about what's been done in its name.
In Nazi concentration camps, prisoners were subhuman chattel for use as slave labor and as medical experiment subjects, and their murder was ultimately no more a matter of concern than slaughtering a herd of animals. In Abu Ghraib, prisoners are human toys whose suffering and humiliation is for the enjoyment of sadistic bullies who have been put in charge and enacted the ultimate "law of the playground". I honestly don't know which is worse, between treating people as sub-humans whose lives are worthless, or treating them as human playthings who you can humiliate at your pleasure.