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the pbs "frontline" 2-part series on the iraq war is quite interesting--i dont know if pbs shows air like network shows or if they're syndicated so would air at different times--but the theme of redefining torture runs through it and the debates, particularly between colin powell and rumsfeld/defense dept lawyers turns on many of the questions above (the legal and political more than ethical)--at the center of it is the attempt to abandon the geneva conventions--i'd suggest watching as i was surprised by how good the program is. there are obviously interpretive questions to be raised about it as well...
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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