I find most offensive the suggestion that bringing to “justice” 6 ill educated and rather stupid people does anything more than make the unthinking feel slightly less guilty- wow that was close thank God the world knows it was not my fault- that americans are not like that- convincing arguments for the arab and Iraqi peoples.
For Rumsfeld to say the president knew nothing is to my mind the very reason why he should be instantly dismissed by Bush- a lack of knowledge is no legal defence but in the world of Bush good old Rummy deserves his full support. What one might ask does the president also know nothing about? Actually perhaps better that question remains unanswered!
Bush and his clowns as faithful followers of Dr. Goebbels- know how to influence people – know that fear is a wonderful thing especially in the hands of gifted pr professionals. Scare the population and they will happily give up their civil liberties, their right to check the power of governement etc etc. The same is true with the prison system- scare the people remind them that they must control crime, that criminals must be locked up, they must suffer after all they are guilty and God demands they pay! Of course the real tragedy is that by de humanising these inmates-both prisoner and wardens- means that they become de humanised and so crime and punishment become a vicious circle. Great if you build and run prisons but not for the rest of us. Why does society deal with every issue in a confrontational way- why not try and reach agreement, why not aim for consensus- it might even work and sure as eggs is eggs the policies that George and the other morons peddle do not- worst of all they put us all and the world at risk.
Charles Craske
MoPress 
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