Megaupload Assisted FBI vs NinjaVideo, But Evidence Then Used Against Them

Post by freshhawk » Thu, Nov 22, 2012, 8:35 PM UTC

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> Bradley Manning is still being tortured in > military prison right now. Until more people consider solitary confinement a form of torture, you're not going to win in-roads with this, as people equate torture with physical violence.

> Bradley Manning was stripped and left naked in his cell for seven hours. This was according to the New York Times[1] in March of 2011 and it took place at the Marine brig in Quantico, Va. Might not be torture by most standards (though personally I think solitary confinement is torture) but I would hardly consider it proper conduct. Also, who can say what really happens at Guantanamo... [1] http://www.nytimes.com/20…

Post by freshhawk » Thu, Nov 22, 2012, 10:59 PM UTC

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Is there a particular era you are thinking of that was that much better than now in this respect?

I'll say it this way: Americans have never been so privacy deprived and frightened of their government as they have been in the last decade. No one expects Obama to defend your civil liberties. He's invisible most of the time. A middle man to the oligarchy. Some say he is a great "centerist", but I say he's a man with no morals.