Posted by lil' jimi on November 10, 2005, at 12:20:15
In reply to Re: t o r t u r e, posted by Declan on November 10, 2005, at 0:12:04
hi declan,
with my barest of knowledge of social psychology, even i know about the "Obedience to Authority" experiments done by Stanley Milgram at Yale in the 60s
(see http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/M/Milgram-experiment.htm)
and even more specifically relevant, the "Stanford Prison Experiment" done by Philip Zimbardo in 1971.
(see http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/S/Stanford-prison-experiment.htm)if we understand what these experiments reveal about human nature, what should we expect when these conditions are replicated at Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray and at Abu Ghraib, let alone any other God-forsaken place hidden from our view?
but for me it is not about being anti-American.
those who are guilty of perpetrating these crimes against humanity are the anti-American ones.
no uncivility intended,
~ jim
poster:lil' jimi
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