I'm also not sure what more outrage from the Arab nations would accomplish.
I don't think it would accomplish anything.
I do think, though, that it would indicate the sort of cultural change that heralds other improvements. Outrage over sawing off Berg's head would indicate a realization of the humanity of others. I think it's good that Americans and others are shocked by the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners. A culture that is shocked by photos of its naked prisoners in a stack is not a culture that videotapes a five-minute statement culminating in a beheading that is accompanied by a man's screams and other men's shouts to Allah.
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Date: 2004-05-16 06:59 pm (UTC)I don't think it would accomplish anything.
I do think, though, that it would indicate the sort of cultural change that heralds other improvements. Outrage over sawing off Berg's head would indicate a realization of the humanity of others. I think it's good that Americans and others are shocked by the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners. A culture that is shocked by photos of its naked prisoners in a stack is not a culture that videotapes a five-minute statement culminating in a beheading that is accompanied by a man's screams and other men's shouts to Allah.