i am afraid it is not that easy. following the line of the bush administration meaning that the USA is at war, than the captured enemies are captured ... soldiers. if it does not make a difference if they represent a country and consequently wear uniforms for the administration to call it "war", than this must account as well, when it comes to "are they soldiers, captured in war". do not get me wrong. the administration tries to make this a case of semental hair splitting, but this is very fundamental. "these" semantics dismantle the true nature of this administration. 24/7 loud music, no sleep, constant bright light - these things are latest findings in the science of torture. the best as far as i know is senusal isolation. remember these masks/caps all over the face? these ruin a person from inside out within days. it simply destroys the whole system. stockholm syndrome, heard of that? it seems to me that you are very uninformed about what torture is and what torture means. your britney spears argument might sound good for the average seventeen year old, a group for which, fortunately and unfortunately, i do not qualify ...
one thing for sure, i have little respect for average morons like u hapa, but then who does i suppose your only and desperate line of defense instead of addressing the points that bother you in this thread or the others, is simply to flog this dead horse, despite being proven stupid beyond reasonable doubt: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1179209&highlight=japs#post1179209 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1185865&highlight=irrelevant#post1185865 keep going dude, i can't promise i'll reply every time... u done with those envelopes yet?
funny, the 'eurotrash' epithet aside, this seems to be a story u know too well dude... is this autobiographical by any chance??
if you imply that recent US practice regarding their captives is harmless, we might wait another year before we continue our conversation. contemplated various answers to this sentence. found none appropriate yet not insulting. my fault. instead i just repeat your own statement: Yeah, and maybe we (horrors) make them stand on one leg for an hour, too. ... [/QUOTE] How can we be so cruel? [/QUOTE]
man said: "if you imply that recent US practice regarding their captives is harmless, we might wait another year before we continue our conversation. " You mean that it might take a year to find out if listening to loud music and such is harmful to them? Yeah, that's some torture, all right.
It is a story I know too well from having lived there for a few years and seeing the type of pathetic gaijin, like yourself, that ventures there in order to escape being reminded day in and out that he is inadequate in his own country. As for moi, sorry to disappoint you, but I married a woman from here (Hawaii) who of course lived with me in Japan. So no, the scenario described applies to you only. Thank you for providing the links that prove that you, despite being married to a Japanese women, refer to her race as "Japs." That you call my pointing this out to be akin to flogging a dead horse, well, besides showing your racist character, also reveals you to be an even greater moron than you have thus far revealed. Have a great day in the Land of the Rising Sun, where you will undoubtedly form a "Japs Out of Japan" league with your fellow undersexed gaijin.
Gotta love these guys, huh? Their worlds would be perfect except for that damn search function. Don't spend too much more of your vauable time on this kid, hap.
one has to realize when talking down to hapaboy that they're dealing with an angry, asian, neoconservative bellboy. i kid you not (who wishes he were a trader) i'm going out for the night but i'll be back for my luggage maybe tomorrow ..