[extropy-chat] Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment

[J. Andrew Rogers]

On Dec 20, 2005, at 3:32 PM, Samantha Atkins wrote:
> That is the biggest BS excuse for apathy I have ever heard.


You saying so does not make it so.

The issues have been so slathered in BS that the stink makes people  
walk away in disgust rather than spending the time to sort turds,  
digging through them for a nugget of something or other (maybe even  
"truth" on occasion).  Everyone is a "terrorist", everything is  
"torture", conspiracies abound, and it is always, invariably someone  
else's fault.  Who has the time to dive into that mess?  It is hard  
not to have an ignorant opinion on these issues, even when one tries  
to study them.

Which might even be the intended result.  In any case, all parties  
(Republicans, Democrats, media, et al) are unapologetically guilty of  
doing exactly this.

J. Andrew Rogers