And it is worth noting that these so-called "mock executions" were one of the egregious actions that prompted John McCain to write and pass the Detainee Treatment Act that made sure everyone acting on behalf of our country (including civilian contractors) all followed the same rules and explicitly banning such action so that there wasn't even a wiff of a question. Not that there should have been after Abu Ghraib.
Judah On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > Geneva Convention, Article 17. You ought to know that one off the top of > your head, Tim. > > "No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be > inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind > whatever. Prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, > insulted or exposed to unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind." > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:28 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Really? >> >> Law? >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > Uh huh. I hear that line from cops in Portland a lot too. >> > >> > Good thing cops and soldiers never say that sort of thing to white wash >> the >> > beating of a suspect. >> > >> > Yup. All the rest of the torture was incidental, I'm sure. >> > >> > And, for the record, making someone think they are about to die by >> shooting >> > a bullet next to their head is, in fact, illegal. >> > >> > Judah >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:18 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > He got beat because he went for a weapon. Popping off a round near >> him >> > > isn't torture. Cops in the US have done similar things, and actually >> > have >> > > much more leeway when dealing with prisoners than we do. >> > > >> > > Making him think something isn't illegal. The cops use it al the time >> > and >> > > it's been found that lying and threatening are protected. >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358621 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
