Comments on: Romney’s Connections to Abusive “Boot Camps”

By: Tangled Webs: More on Mitt

Tangled Webs: More on Mitt — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:40:43 +0000

[...] about Mitt Romney here and here. We've had enough of this kind of sociopathic behavior in the White House. Just say No to [...]

By: The Blogometer: 6/29: The Inevitability Is Back (If It Ever Really Left)

The Blogometer: 6/29: The Inevitability Is Back (If It Ever Really Left) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:25:40 +0000

[...] in anti-Romney blogging, Outside the Beltway's Alex Knapp links to a Reasonstory looking at a civil suit against Romney UT finance co-chair [...]

By: A Cruel Ride For Mitt Romney’s Dog | Itchmo

A Cruel Ride For Mitt Romney’s Dog | Itchmo — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:26:49 +0000

[...] http://www.reason.com/news/show/121088.html http://www.outsidethebeltway.c.....oot_camps/ [...]

By: Alex Knapp

Alex Knapp — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:20:38 +0000

Whoops--my bad, that was Gandhi, not Jesus. Still, Christ said pretty much the same thing.

"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to you, do not resist an evildoer. If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."
-- Matthew 5:38-39

By: Stormy Dragon

Stormy Dragon — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:17:08 +0000

Unless Alex knows something the rest of the world doesn't, the "crazy hippie" in question was Hindu, not Jewish.

By: Kent

Kent — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:39:51 +0000

"An eye for an eye makes everybody blind" as some crazy Jewish hippie once said.

Who would that be?

Hint: You won't find this anywhere in the New Testament.

By: ken

ken — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:19:27 +0000

Torture is just one form of abuse.

I think the big difference in the coverage is that the Bush administration endorsed and began using torture but it was a private group that was charged with abusing children.

We have laws to prosecute those who abused the kids. But we have lawbreakers and war criminals in the White House who directed the use of torture.

Which is bigger news deserving of more coverage?

If you do not know, then pity you.

By: brainy435

brainy435 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:59:16 +0000

The article says the acts were "likened to torture," not torture. And the language in the lawsuits and support article refer to it as abuse and not torture. My point is that there has been no public outcry comparable to Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo, even though this is happening to American teens. We now put protecting terrorists above protecting our own children. Hell, the media didn't even care enough to completely fabricate offenses like flushing Korans. "You do mean alleged terrorists--most of whom have subsequently been found to NOT be terrorists, right?" No, I mean terrorists... and those who have been caught on the field of battle defending them. Even the ones we release because they have "subsequently been found to NOT be terrorists" go on to attack us again.

By: Alex Knapp

Alex Knapp — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:26:03 +0000

"Why is this called "abuse" when it's done to American children, but called "torture" when we do it to terrorists? You do mean alleged terrorists--most of whom have subsequently been found to NOT be terrorists, right? (Not that torturing terrorists is at all morally justified, either--"An eye for an eye makes everybody blind" as some crazy Jewish hippie once said.) At any rate, you could say that what goes on in the boot camps is torture--I would, and so does the article linked.

By: brainy435

brainy435 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:19:38 +0000

Just wondering aloud here: "Why is this called "abuse" when it's done to American children, but called "torture" when we do it to terrorists?