tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post6744086336404918159..comments2024-02-24T19:42:39.876+05:30Comments on Bill the Butcher: Burnt At The StakeBill the Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-25189625287485698932014-12-16T23:06:37.595+05:302014-12-16T23:06:37.595+05:30Nothing here in the States will change on this iss...Nothing here in the States will change on this issue. No one will be punished for it because to punish anyone would be "bad for the country." <br /><br />The image you based your picture on is one of the most powerful and harrowing photographs in modern history. Your take on it brings it up a notch. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-68231582186574832612014-12-16T05:16:32.792+05:302014-12-16T05:16:32.792+05:30I wrote and wrote against torture until very recen...I wrote and wrote against torture until very recently. Now I'm just going to remain silent on the matter. If they didn't listen to be before, they won't listen to me now.<br /><br />What is that supposed to be in the hands? I'm feeling very much like the picture today. All of my work has been for naught and the one thing that would have made things seem a little better just stuck a knife in my heart.Space Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144042881856233043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-47234690168187691792014-12-15T22:09:29.928+05:302014-12-15T22:09:29.928+05:30I was not finished. I do not seem to be able to ge...I was not finished. I do not seem to be able to get thoughts together at the moment. Even if it worked, it would be immoral. Need an edit function, Blogger. benni https://www.blogger.com/profile/09942386013237815777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-69264446499378943622014-12-15T22:06:43.226+05:302014-12-15T22:06:43.226+05:30"I was thinking of the kind of psychology, th...<br />"I was thinking of the kind of psychology, though, that would justify torturing anyone at all, if that is one isn’t a psychopath and isn’t personally doing the torturing. What would provoke this kind of support?<br /><br />I can think of one – fear. Pure, unthinking, fear."<br /><br />Fear, yes, I will not disagree. But also sadism, and the need to exert power. Many of us are capable of evil deeds, all the more so if they are cloaked as patriotism. But I suspect that those who have been torturing benni https://www.blogger.com/profile/09942386013237815777noreply@blogger.com