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Detainees Cited Abuse of Koran by Guards
Topic Started: May 26 2005, 07:53 AM (374 Views)
gvok
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As long as there are other copies in print, what difference does it make (other than being wasteful)?
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Fesarius
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I believe it makes a lot of difference, in principle and pragmatically. Less copies might mean that not all could read whatever it is they wish to read. In principle, it is wrapped up in intellectual freedom and censorship issues. These would take a whole lot of time to explain (maybe another thread)?
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Wichita
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May 26 2005, 02:29 PM
Would you say the same about the Bible?

As I recall, putting a Bible in a toliet and urinating on it is considered "art" and fundable by the NEA.


















;)

As several people pointed out soon after the release of the Newsweek article, a number of detainees have made this claim and these claims have been published before. There's no new information - just one more confirmation of the same source.
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Dr. Noah
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Except that this source is the FBI.

If someone wanted to create a piece of art that depicts the disrespect of the Koran I doubt it would receive as much public outrage as the Bible, and it also would be accepted as art.

To deliberately disrespect someon's religion as a form of torture is an entirely different matter as you well know. ;)
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No, it isn't. Didn't you read the information?

The FBI is relating what the detainees told them - the detainees are the same source as the other articles.
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Dr. Noah
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Indeed. It's a report from the FBI.
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gvok
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Fesarius
May 26 2005, 11:59 AM
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I believe it makes a lot of difference, in principle and pragmatically. Less copies might mean that not all could read whatever it is they wish to read. In principle, it is wrapped up in intellectual freedom and censorship issues. These would take a whole lot of time to explain (maybe another thread)?

Assuming there are plenty of copies to go around as is generally true in modern times with most sources what difference does it make?
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Wichita
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Dr. Noah
May 26 2005, 05:49 PM
Indeed. It's a report from the FBI.

Which says ...

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Unlike F.B.I. documents previously disclosed in a lawsuit brought by the civil liberties union, in which agents reported that they had witnessed harsh and possibly illegal interrogation techniques, the new documents do not say the F.B.I. agents witnessed the episodes themselves. Rather, they are accounts of unsubstantiated accusations made by the prisoners during interrogation.


:rolleyes:
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Admiralbill_gomec
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May 26 2005, 10:27 AM
You have been told that they are all terrorists, in actual fact very few of them have been proven to be terrorists

In actual fact?

SOURCE?
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Admiralbill_gomec
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May 26 2005, 11:50 AM
Dr. Noah
May 26 2005, 05:49 PM
Indeed. It's a report from the FBI.

Which says ...

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Unlike F.B.I. documents previously disclosed in a lawsuit brought by the civil liberties union, in which agents reported that they had witnessed harsh and possibly illegal interrogation techniques, the new documents do not say the F.B.I. agents witnessed the episodes themselves. Rather, they are accounts of unsubstantiated accusations made by the prisoners during interrogation.


:rolleyes:

Thank you for beating me to it.

These are allegations of prisoners who want to stir up controversy.
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