Word: ghraib
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Thomas B. Becker, the student who donned the black hood, said that his costume was designed to draw attention to the protest and referred to controversial U.S. detention practices at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...
...that this book had to be written. If the first part of the book was simply a detailed treatment of one of the most important studies of human nature, then the second half is the crucial dissection and evaluation.Unsurprisingly, Zimbardo draws parallels between the SPE and the recent Abu Ghraib torture and abuse scandal. His interpretations of the actions of the soldiers through the lens of his experience are enlightening: Though initially disgusted by the soldiers’ actions, Zimbardo eventually testified on their behalf in military court martial proceedings, arguing that any person, if pressured under a certain...
When Ann Coulter referred to Muslim expatriates as “poor little Pakis,” the salivating watchdogs at Media Matters bit, but most people didn’t blink. When the prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib was likened to “a weekend in Las Vegas” by radio personality Jay Severin, the nation’s courthouses and airwaves were silent; there were no fiery calls for contrition...
...doesn't really have to do entirely with the United States. I mean Black Book is clearly stating that something like Abu Ghraib happened in Holland in 1945, isn't it? But I don't believe films should give messages to people, or make them happy...
...Eventually Yunis, after enduring a ritual beating, is imprisoned (along with his siblings) in Camp Ganci, a satellite of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. Ganci houses prisoners who have no intelligence value - it seems to be simply a place to file and forget American mistakes - and its population mainly sits around sweltering in the deadly desert heat, without adequate food, sanitation or medical attention. Now and then, insurgents subject it to mortar fire, randomly killing some of its inhabitants, who from time to time riot in protest over their treatment. If there's a grace note to be found...