Sunday, 9 August 2009

Complaints over Iran trial seem hypocritical

Oh, absolutely, arresting and trying protestors en masse is wrong indeed. But it's interesting that, if this was the West, we'd already have them faux-drowning to get a 'confession'. This outrage over a mass trial was seemingly absent (as was the trial!) when it comes to 'terrorist' Guantanamo prisoners...

(I say 'terrorist', but how do we know if evidence of such isn't presented? The answer is, we don't. Hence we shouldn't be claiming the moral high ground and telling other countries how to deliver justice when our house is in disorder to a worse degree. It just makes us look a fool.)

British government complicit in 'extraordinary rendition'

Now imagine if Iran flew its western prisoners to Jordan to be tortured and confessions obtained that they were all going to blow something up. You wouldn't believe the confessions, you say? Then why do you when it's the other way around?

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