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May 06, 2004
If you're a different race, you're sub-human
Boing Boing: Profile of Iraqi torture woman. Terrifying, a good example of why "absolute power corrupts absolutely" and also why the "tyranny of the majority" are both scary concepts in this war. Here's a profile of Lynndie England, the woamn in the torture photos in the Telegraph:
"To the country boys here, if you're a different nationality, a different race, you're sub-human. That's the way girls like Lynndie are raised.
"Tormenting Iraqis, in her mind, would be no different from shooting a turkey. Every season here you're hunting something. Over there, they're hunting Iraqis."
Posted by rich at May 6, 2004 06:34 PM
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