What are you comparing Guantanamo to, Dachau?

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Jacob Samorodin — 10/22/2004 3:03:44 PM (archived)

As far as I know, no inmates were ever released from Dachau.
The inmates at Dachau were gradually starved.
The inmates at Dachau never received visits by lawyers.
The inmates at Dachau were compelled to do slave labor.
Grrrrr...

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What happens to the guys that we release from Gitmo? - David F Mayer - 10/22/2004 8:34:16 AM
- I agree - Gary - 10/22/2004 3:54:56 PM
- Guantanamo ain't exactly training folks in how a civilized nation treats captives, now is it? - Bowser - 10/22/2004 1:27:10 PM
  - What are you comparing Guantanamo to, Dachau? - Jacob Samorodin - 10/22/2004 3:03:44 PM
    - No: Alcatraz, without the trial first. - Mary Anne - 10/22/2004 6:28:55 PM
      - It is a long tradition to hold prisoners of war until the cessation of hostilities. How would you do it differently? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 10/22/2004 10:00:47 PM
        
        Well, for starters, it would have been a good idea to weed out the people who were only caught in the dragnet... - Mary Anne - 10/23/2004 12:35:33 AM
    - ya lost me there, Jake - LJ - 10/22/2004 4:00:55 PM
      - You call something barbarous, you need an example or a comparison. - Jacob Samorodin - 10/22/2004 7:26:13 PM
        
        Oooops1 I was trying to show that Bowser has no idea what civilized or uncivilized means. - Jacob Samorodin - 10/22/2004 7:35:24 PM
        
        Logic-chopping and losing. - Bowser - 10/23/2004 2:28:15 AM
        
        Definitions of barbarousness - Mary Anne - 10/22/2004 7:34:44 PM

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