Comments on: CIA Viagra Torture Not Funny!

By: charles johnson

charles johnson — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:37:30 +0000

Thus answering the question: "~~Have we~~ has one person become overly sensitive?" Posted by Bithead | December 27, 2008 | 09:30 am | Permalink

Fixed that for you.

By: tom p

tom p — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:32:56 +0000

CIA Viagra Torture Not Funny!
Not to argue with you James, but yes it is.
In fact, every time I read that headline, a vision leaps to mind: A prisoner in a chair, with his hands strapped behind his back, and the most humongous stiffie arising from his lap while interrogators sit before him leafing thru Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler...

By: Al Bee

Al Bee — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:33:17 +0000

NOW charges into the fray. NOW is the time for NOW to send a division of feminists to Afghanistan and change the Islamic attitude toward women. No need for me to point out the silly reasoning behind the article. Many before me have done an excellent job.

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When Is Prescription Drug Abuse Okay? | Comments from Left Field — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:53:23 +0000

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By: charles austin

charles austin — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:26:29 +0000

This just demonstrates that anything, and I do mean anything, can be twisted in such a way as to get someone's hackles up.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:40:49 +0000

Viagra is supposed to be administered under prescription from a medical doctor.

Not in Afghanistan. That's not the law there. I'd be interested in hearing the moral argument in favor of the medical monopoly on prescribing medication (I think it's a pragmatic calculation rather than grounded in morality). I'd be especially interested in understanding how that moral stance should inform our larger policy.

By: rodney dill

rodney dill — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:33:55 +0000

the wives of the chieftain in question may not be willing sexual partners

I figured someone would bring this up. Why this concern when we rarely or never see concern that women under Sharia law are essentially second class citizens.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:30:31 +0000

Thus answering the question:

"Have we become overly sensitive?"