Word: inhumanly
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Most of us, consular virgins imagine that, no matter how our people are mistreated and ignored at home, our country is our protector and Paladin abroad. In Washington, cold-hearted lobbyists trade handshakes with spurious politicians and inhuman CIA agents in Gucci sunglasses listen coldly to our wire-tapped weekend plans. But abroad, by god, our government is there for us! It will fight for our life and liberty, smile a familiar smile in a foreign crowd, and be there with a hug and a cup of tea when it all goes wrong...
...news that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) destroyed two videotapes in 2005 has caused more furor than the suspected contents of the tapes themselves. The tapes likely contained footage of torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment given legitimacy under the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation” regime. But rather than focus on who authorized the contents of the tapes, critics have focused on the CIA cover...
...hair and mini-skirts. They all seem curiously asexual, and not just because they’re completely covered in paint—their unnatural poses make them a part of the machinery. Similarly, the precise, electronic beat and catchy lyrics are fun, but there’s something inhuman about them. And that’s part of why this song (along with images from the video) will get stuck in your head, especially if you’re dance-inclined. It may be raining somewhere, but the only thing that’s pouring inside the Hot Chip...
Other fantasy worlds have presented gay (or at least gay-seeming) characters, but usually they are, literally, inhuman. George Lucas gave us the epicene C-3PO and the little butch R2-D2, and their Felix-Oscar dialogue suggests the banter of a couple of old queens who have been keeping intergalactic house for millenniums. But their implied homosexuality is quite safe. There is no real flesh that could actually entangle. Similarly, there was a girl-on-girl plot in 1995 on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but let me spare you a fanboy summary by noting merely that...
...last year, which was signed by 38 Muslim clerics and was response to a speech on Islam in which the Pope quoted a medieval text saying it is a violent religion: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." The Pope later apologized, saying that he had only used the quote - an opinion which he said he doesn't share - to condemn violence motivated by religion and to highlight the need for exchange and understanding between...