NOTHING TO HIDE? Privacy is the right for the self. Those who steal it from you, either by force, deceipt or any other means, with flawed justifications and abusive power, are not different from the rapist who feels empowered by violating another being’s body and dignity. Only now, when it
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Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture: "WOULD YOU LIKE HAVING YOUR PRIVACY INVADED?" "AT THIS POINT, MY DEAR!!!!!"
NOTHING TO HIDE?
Privacy is the right for the self.
Those who steal it from you, either by force, deceipt or any other means, with flawed justifications and abusive power, are not different from the rapist who feels empowered by violating another being’s body and dignity.
Only now, when it comes to a human being privacy, they are empowering themselves through the violation of another being’s self and soul.
The Eternal Value of Privacy
(by Bruce Schneier 05.18.06 – WIRED.COM)
https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2006/05/the_eternal_value_of.html
“….Too many wrongly characterize the debate as “security versus privacy.”
The real choice is liberty versus control.
Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny.
Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. ..”
Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture: "WOULD YOU LIKE HAVING YOUR PRIVACY INVADED?" "AT THIS POINT, MY DEAR!!!!!"
NOTHING TO HIDE?
Privacy is the right for the self.
Those who steal it from you, either by force, deceipt or any other means, with flawed justifications and abusive power, are not different from the rapist who feels empowered by violating another being’s body and dignity.
Only now, when it comes to a human being privacy, they are empowering themselves through the violation of another being’s self and soul.
The Eternal Value of Privacy
(by Bruce Schneier 05.18.06 – WIRED.COM)
https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2006/05/the_eternal_value_of.html
“….Too many wrongly characterize the debate as “security versus privacy.”
The real choice is liberty versus control.
Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny.
Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. ..”
Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture: FINALLY THE DRONES !!! And hopefully A LOT MORE to come about them !
First Look Media:
The // Intercept – LAUNCHED February 10, 2014
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/
Feb 10, 2014 – Article By Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald
The NSA’s Secret Role in the U.S. Assassination Program
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/02/10/the-nsas-secret-role/
More:
Death by Metadata – Feb 10, 2014
FIRST LOOK MEDIA – https://www.firstlook.org/#/home
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: FINALLY THE DRONES !!! And hopefully A LOT MORE to come about them !
First Look Media: The // Intercept – LAUNCHED February 10, 2014 https://firstlook.org/theintercept/ Feb 10, 2014 – Article By Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald The NSA’s Secret Role in the U.S. Assassination Program https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/02/10/the-nsas-secret-role/ More: Death by Metadata – Feb 10, 2014 FIRST LOOK MEDIA – https://www.firstlook.org/#/home
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: FINALLY THE DRONES !!! And hopefully A LOT MORE to come about them !
First Look Media // The Intercept – LAUNCHED February 10, 2014 Defying Threats to Journalism, Jeremy Scahill & Glenn Greenwald Launch New Venture, The Intercept – Feb 10, 2014 http://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/10/defying_threats_to_journalism_jeremy_scahill THE INTERCEPT – https://firstlook.org/theintercept/ FIRST LOOK MEDIA – https://www.firstlook.org/#/home
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: RAPE AS A POLICY OF STATE POWER
Colonialist powers and acts of a sexualized violence, such as rape by institutions, enacted through individuals: The Case of Djamila BoupachaTorturers statements to her before they “gave her pleasure” : “You won’t be raped, you might enjoy it”Pour Djamila – movie by Caroline HuppertDjamila’s account of the then “good technology” (
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: RAPE AS A POLICY OF STATE POWER
Colonialist powers and acts of a sexualized violence, such as rape by institutions, enacted through individuals : The Case of Djamila Boupacha: Torturers statements to Djamila before they “gave her pleasure” : “You won’t be raped, you might enjoy it” Documentary: “Pour Djamila” by Caroline Huppert The documentary is about Djamila’s account
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: RAPE AS A POLICY OF STATE POWER
Colonialist powers and acts of a sexualized violence, such as rape by institutions, enacted through individuals :
The Case of Djamila Boupacha:
Torturers statements to Djamila before they “gave her pleasure” :
“You won’t be raped, you might enjoy it”
Documentary: “Pour Djamila” by Caroline Huppert
The documentary is about Djamila’s account of the then “good technology” ( the technology that is so good that “it looks like magic” )
Trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X17BYuY1STA
More on rape as a State Policy:
” the intention is that of objectifying one human being, “treating them merely as things, or body-objects with no legitimate access to the future” (Marso, 2012).
See also:
Rape and Colonial State Power: Simone de Beauvoir and the Case of Djamila Boupacha
http://www.academia.edu/1774645/Rape_and_Colonial_State_Power_Simone_de_Beauvoir_and_the_Case_of_Djamila_Boupacha
PICASSO’s Cover for the Book:
Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture: Unsuitable "monarchs": Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake
(Billy’s Elliot (the 2000 movie) ends with Billy finnally taking the stage to perform the lead in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake).
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: Unsuitable "monarchs": Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake
(Billy’s Elliot (the 2000 movie) ends with Billy finnally taking the stage to perform the lead in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake).
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: Unsuitable "monarchs": Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake
(Billy’s Elliot (the 2000 movie) ends with Billy finnally taking the stage to perform the lead in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake).
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: The Torture Doctors – PLoS Medicine journal Report by psychiatrist and retired Brig. Gen. Stephen Xenakis and Vincent Iacopino (Medical adviser)
Neglect of Medical Evidence of Torture in Guantánamo Bay: A Case Series
Citation: Iacopino V, Xenakis SN (2011) Neglect of Medical Evidence of Torture in Guantánamo Bay: A Case Series. PLoS Med 8(4): e1001027. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001027
Extract:
… ” In reality, the implementation of EITs included “unauthorized” acts of torture, were inflicted over prolonged periods of time, and resulted in severe and prolonged physical and mental pain. The abuses reported in this case series could not be practiced without the interrogators and medical monitors being aware of the severe and prolonged physical and mental pain that they caused.” …
Full Report at:
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001027
More at:
Gitmo Doctors Hid Evidence of Torture – by Spencer Ackerman – April 26, 2011
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/04/gitmo-docs-torture/
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: The Torture Doctors – PLoS Medicine journal Report by psychiatrist and retired Brig. Gen. Stephen Xenakis and Vincent Iacopino (Medical adviser)
Neglect of Medical Evidence of Torture in Guantánamo Bay: A Case Series Citation: Iacopino V, Xenakis SN (2011) Neglect of Medical Evidence of Torture in Guantánamo Bay: A Case Series. PLoS Med 8(4): e1001027. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001027 Extract:… ” In reality, the implementation of EITs included “unauthorized” acts of torture, were inflicted
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: The Torture Doctors – PLoS Medicine journal Report by psychiatrist and retired Brig. Gen. Stephen Xenakis and Vincent Iacopino (Medical adviser)
Neglect of Medical Evidence of Torture in Guantánamo Bay: A Case Series Citation: Iacopino V, Xenakis SN (2011) Neglect of Medical Evidence of Torture in Guantánamo Bay: A Case Series. PLoS Med 8(4): e1001027. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001027 Extract:… ” In reality, the implementation of EITs included “unauthorized” acts of torture, were inflicted
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: TORTURE PROGRAM – US
No Wonder Congress Wants to Hide the Gitmo Detainees – The Atlantic, April 26, 2011 – by Andrew CohenWhatever else the latest Wikileaks dump says about our nation’s inapt (and inept) handling of the terror-law detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the newly-rev…
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: TORTURE PROGRAM – US
No Wonder Congress Wants to Hide the Gitmo Detainees – The Atlantic, April 26, 2011 – by Andrew Cohen Whatever else the latest Wikileaks dump says about our nation’s inapt (and inept) handling of the terror-law detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the newly-revealed documents remind us again of the wide gulf
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: TORTURE PROGRAM – US
No Wonder Congress Wants to Hide the Gitmo Detainees – The Atlantic, April 26, 2011 – by Andrew Cohen Whatever else the latest Wikileaks dump says about our nation’s inapt (and inept) handling of the terror-law detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the newly-revealed documents remind us again of the wide gulf
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