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just following orders?
| Mon, 05-10-2004 - 9:52am |
Can you believe this excuse? This whole situation with the prisoner abuse is very upsetting to me. Even more upsetting is the response from the accused that they were just "doing what they were told". How many of you would do such a thing just because someone told you to? My guess is not too many. What ever happened to personal responsibilty? We are supposed to teach our kids to do what is right and stand up for their beliefs. What happened in that prison is inhumane. What is scary is that throughout our society more and more people buy into the "gang mentallity". So many in our society are losing their sense of what is right and wrong and their sense of human decency; others are to weak to take a stand for anything. Kudos to the soldier who reported this situation regardless of what his peers would think.
I personally do not think that the leaders of our militry told the soldiers to abuse the prisoners. However I do think Immediate supervisors may have turned a blind eye, thus giving the impression that these acts were acceptable.
I personally do not think that the leaders of our militry told the soldiers to abuse the prisoners. However I do think Immediate supervisors may have turned a blind eye, thus giving the impression that these acts were acceptable.

Actually they have done a great many studies that most people will do what they are told by an authoritive figure regardless of what they think they are supposed to do.
James
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Not only is it EXPECTED, but it's REQUIRED.
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"If you don't stand up for something, you'll lie down for anything." -- B
Here's an example from the 60 Minutes' program
I still remember the news reports of what happened at My Lai...
I have the feeling that Abu Ghraib will be another indelible memory.
As for 'following orders', that's why I resisted all the 'enticements' the recruiting officer used on me when I was graduating from high school.
No, you misunderstood.
I am terribly disturbed by a letter to the editor of Los Angeles Times, May 11, 2004. Pasted below is his letter:
"I feel that if the Iraqi prisoners were humiliated as a prelude to the gathering of useful intelligence that saved the lives of any Americans, then those acts were justified. I have viewed all of the images. I fail to see anything that can be considered horrific, unless you are an Islamic extremist who can't handle a woman being in a place of authority, much less mocking you.
If you want to know about true torture and inhumane treatment, read "Bravo Two Zero" by Andy McNab, a sergeant in the British SAS during the 1991 Gulf War. His teeth were pulled out and he was forced to eat his own feces at the hands of the Iraqis during his time as a POW.
David Walton, Whittier"
Sign me 'saddened'
>"Senator John McCain said information extracted by torture are useless because the tortured will say anything the interrogator wants to hear."<
Agreed!
Yes that letter is most disturbing.
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