I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.   Swift

Friday, November 18, 2005

Conventional thinking

A brilliant piece for anyone who still isn't clear on whether "abusing" prisoners is a bad thing.

The shrieking hypocrisy of complaining about showing prisoners on telly should be noted. I ask myself which would worry me more: an appearance on the Iraqi equivalent of the Today show, reading a prepared statement from an autocue in response to questions by Al-Tracy ibn Grimshaw, and a plate of dates after; or having a snarling Alsatian at my bollocks.

Hmm. Tough choice.

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