Word: inhuman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...then angry, as the Communists snarled at them in defeat, and accused the Indian command of double-dealing: they were grim when the Communists put the P.W.s through hour-long inquisitions, and were ready to screen the P.W.s themselves rather than tolerate any more of such violence. "It is inhuman!" snapped India's Lieut. General K. S. Thimayya. "We have placed our foot into a pit of snakes," said one of his officers...
Letters from Home. Next day he called a press conference about the Communist go-slow campaign. "It is inhuman," said Sandhurst-educated General Thimayya in precise British accent. "As long as India is responsible, I cannot permit this to grow." Thimayya thought the explainers should get through a compound of 500 P.W.s a day or "forget about those who are not explained to." If the explanations stalled altogether, Thimayya implied, he would use his own troops to give the P.W.s a fair hearing...
...future of the men who did sign confessions. Some high ranking officers have argued that the signers have displayed a lack of moral strength that should disqualify them from still holding posts of any responsibility in the service. But these men have not been cowards. The report stresses the inhuman program of horror which they underwent, and points up the extreme heroism of those who did not sign, rather than attaching any special blame to the men who broke under the strain. After days of beatings and starvation, the Communists would make a victim dig his own grave, then they...
...three hours, the explainers picked on one P.W. and put him through what the U.N. called a "cruel and inhuman ordeal." Seventeen times the P.W. tried to leave the tent, but was induced to return. Seven times the U.N. observer protested, often with Swiss and Swedish support; the Indian chairman denied the appeal. But Indian General Thimayya heard what was going on and hurried over to the tent. He listened, then led the P.W. out by the hand, while the explainers shouted, "Come back, come back." The third day's count: explanations, 430; conversions...
...days I had to drink Budweiser beer-and I don't even like beer." Says Kokoschka, waving an abstract catalogue: "This man makes patches for the pants. I say man is a magical thing, full of magical powers. This cold-way art leads to evil-it makes art inhuman. I know the individual is doomed, but as long as I live, I stand on my own legs...