Torture and '24' - because it hurts us less than the real thing?
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The fiction is that it makes any kind of sense The terrorism action show "24" is now thought to be such heady stuff to the average American, media sources have decided to complain about it. And what is the objection? The contrived plots or the utterly unrealistic grasp and use of technology? No, it's the torture.â¦
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With the torture story all but vanished from television, Americans can look the other way rather than confront the evil committed in our name.
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Tycho:  If my earlier experiences with the co-operative campaign had not endured so, there would be no question - fifteen dollars is quite simply not a value that men of reason would associate with the GRAW Map Pack.  But, drawing on that idea, let us move forward as though the powerful fraternal bonds forged in Campaign One were sufficient to assuage price related suffering to some degree.  I realize that this moves our narrative into the realm of fiction.
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Why have states so doggedly and uniformly clung to an execution method with the potential to inflict intense pain when a simpler one is readily available?
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"Rendition," which takes a critical look at the U.S. practice of detaining suspected terrorists in foreign jails, brought a dose of torture and political timeliness to the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday.
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Internet TV is a mirage, seeming so close yet turning out to be far away or downright unreal when you try to watch it. At least that's my take on the many past plans for zapping motion pictures over the Internet.
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I am reminded of an event 93 years ago, in which Franz Ferdinand was shot, plummetting Europe into war. World War III is coming, and the flashpoint is the Islamic world. Much like Serbia in 1913, it is fragile and fragmented and there is a determination by a large focused interest group to see violence done in the name of their agenda. And, in the use of violence, they have successfully advanced their agenda.
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With carefully scripted brutality, the  videotaped beheading of hostages in Iraq is a calculated  attempt to strike fear into the heart of the United States and  its allies.
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It would be a lot easier to enjoy your life if there weren't so many things trying to kill you every day. Shadowed by peril as we are, you would think we'd get pretty good at distinguishing the risks likeliest to do us in from the ones that are statistical long shots. But you would be wrong, and it's almost certainly something we can learn to do better.
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"In a statement published on the department's Web site, the head of its Office of Legal Counsel declares that "torture is abhorrent both to American law and values and international norms" and goes on to reject a previous statement that only "organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death" constitute torture punishable by law."  Thank god!  Now the only torture that applies under U.S. law is listening to Ashcroft sing  "Let the Eagle Soar".  Certainly a fate worse than Abu Ghraib.
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Arts & entertainment: Errol Morris is a fearless documentary-maker. But is his new film too soft on US army abuses?
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During my visit to the Exploratorium, I learned something I've always suspected: The mind is a cruel, lying, unreliable bastard. Commentary by Lore Sj&#246;berg.
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Gabe: You might have seen this story on CNN about the teens that murdered a homeless guy and then equated it to the sort of thrill one might get from a violent video game. There will be plenty of articles focusing on these kids and their crime. I"d like to take a second and talk about the parents of these teenagers instead. It is the job of a parent to teach their children certain rules. Obviously the rules themselves and the emphasis each family places on them will vary, but there are certain universal constants that these parents obviously failed to pass on.
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In September of 2003 the Bush administration telegraphed their intent to use torture on prisoners in Iraq when they screened Gillo Pontecorvo's 1965 film The Battle of Algiers for officials in the Pentagon.
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London - A British detainee at Guantanamo Bay claims to have been tortured by the United States, Sky news reports. Moazzam Begg says he also witnessed the deaths of two fellow detainees &quot;at the hands of US military personnel&quot;.
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Sometimes, 24 hours after the fact, it doesn't seem all that bad. Sometimes, though, it feels a lot worse.
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Torture, it seems, doesn't pay at movie theater box offices like it used to.