Torture for Fun and Profit
if you’ve not yet done so, check out the ongoing Washington Post series on Dick Cheney. It’s interesting to me that the series, which details Cheney’s behind-the-scenes machinations in favor of torture, is entitled “Angler.” That’s Cheney’s Secret Service code name, I guess because he is an avid practitioner of the form of fish torture known as angling. So, a man who tortures fish for fun, literally pulling strings while using deceptive lures, used tricky maneuvers to encourage the torture of prisoners in the ongoing war for profits. And we should be surprised because why?
June 26th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Short, sweet, and to the point.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Most of my posts for the next few weeks are going to be short and sweet because I’ve got to put all of my writing energy into an anthology contribution that’s due in mid-July.
June 27th, 2007 at 7:22 am
Well, you have the ability to say what you need to say without using a thousand unnecessary words (like I tend to do), so I’m sure the content won’t suffer.
Can you tell us what anthology you’re working on?
June 27th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Nope. It’s a secret for now. But you won’t be able to shut me up about it once it comes out.