We can normalize almost anything in the span of a few short years
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Slate
by Dahlia Lithwick
09/28/06
At the time, we referred to Abu Ghraib as a 'scandal.' The images were a searing reproach to virtually any American with a soul and a conscience. With a handful of sick exceptions, people who could agree on nothing else could agree that this was an unacceptable way to treat prisoners -- regardless of who they were, what they were accused of, or where they were being held. But in hindsight, Abu Ghraib wasn't a scandal for the Bush administration. It was a coup. Because when the Senate passes the president's detainee bill today, we will, as a country, have yet more evidence that yesterday's disgrace is today's ordinary, and that -- with a little time and a little help from the media -- we can normalize almost anything in the span of a few short years...
http://www.slate.com/id/2150541
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Slate
by Dahlia Lithwick
09/28/06
At the time, we referred to Abu Ghraib as a 'scandal.' The images were a searing reproach to virtually any American with a soul and a conscience. With a handful of sick exceptions, people who could agree on nothing else could agree that this was an unacceptable way to treat prisoners -- regardless of who they were, what they were accused of, or where they were being held. But in hindsight, Abu Ghraib wasn't a scandal for the Bush administration. It was a coup. Because when the Senate passes the president's detainee bill today, we will, as a country, have yet more evidence that yesterday's disgrace is today's ordinary, and that -- with a little time and a little help from the media -- we can normalize almost anything in the span of a few short years...
http://www.slate.com/id/2150541
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 29. Sep, 15:44
