The problem appears to be that patronizing and indignation are the only imaginable positions for many here, as that's where the self-fulfillment gets generated.
Imputing feelings to detainee you can't communicate with is a pointless projection and reveals only the imputor's universe. If you must impute, why not impute defiance and sexual arousal - that way the detainee wins, no? But of course, if he wins, you can't patronize, so we're back on square one. > This is a truly reprehensible post. Private Manning makes a decision > clearly based on the dictates of his conscience and as a result he's held > in conditions that shouldn't be used even when we're talking about a > convicted rapist or killer -- and John Young dismisses concern over his > mental health both because he has # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org
