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By: Help waterboard Brad Spangler to stop torture « Political Opinion

Help waterboard Brad Spangler to stop torture « Political Opinion — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:11:07 +0000

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Torture « End Liberalism — Mon, 21 May 2007 23:16:05 +0000

[...] we’ve got this idiot who wants to protest this method of torture by himself being waterboarded. It’s [...]

By: jtk3

jtk3 — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:58:49 +0000

Is this plan still going forward?

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Blogger to show waterboard is not the same thing as surfing. at ///mauerpower/// — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:45:39 +0000

[...] Brad Spangler writes: I want to get waterboarded. In order to call attention to this heinous practice and make it the subject of broader public condemnation, I believe it needs to be shown to people. IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m volunteering in order for it to be so shown Ã¢â‚¬â€ online, as a video. These are the sort of dark times that demand a Gandalf to stand before the Balrog and shout Ã¢â‚¬Å“You shall not pass!Ã¢â‚¬Å“. ThatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s not me, but I can take my best shot at it. [...]

By: william

william — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:28:08 +0000

Hey Brad,

I just made the connection between Tolkien’s “You Shall Not Pass” and the Spanish Civil War’s popular slogan of “No Pasaran.” “They Shall Not Pass.”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/farright/story/0,,1884440,00.html

Tolkien, being an open Anarchist and personally highly aware of both Fascism and the Spanish Civil War, would no doubt have been strongly aware of the connection as he wrote it. Tolkien certainly hated “allegory,” as it was abused into uselessness by the literary buffoons/elite of his time, but he was far from apolitical in his intent with LOTR.

Anyway, “You Shall Not Pass” is a frikkin’ awesome Anarchist slogan in any given setting.

(Also, is Monty Python’s Black Knight poking fun at the movement? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_shall_not_pass I may be out on a limb, but it’s a fun one.

By: No Treason » Blog Archive » Torture for a Good Cause

No Treason » Blog Archive » Torture for a Good Cause — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:22:53 +0000

[...] Spangler: I want to get waterboarded. In order to call attention to this heinous practice and make it the subject of broader public condemnation, I believe it needs to be shown to people. IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m volunteering in order for it to be so shown Ã¢â‚¬â€ online, as a video. These are the sort of dark times that demand a Gandalf to stand before the Balrog and shout Ã¢â‚¬Å“You shall not pass!Ã¢â‚¬Å“. ThatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s not me, but I can take my best shot at it. [...]

By: jtk3

jtk3 — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:37:32 +0000

I volunteer for # 5.

By: IgnatiousReilly

IgnatiousReilly — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 03:56:21 +0000

Rumble, you are absolutely right. We know exactly who these terrorists are and we need to destroy them as they would destroy us.

By: rumble

rumble — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 03:19:11 +0000

Get a life. These guys are terrorists. They would sooner behead you like the did Daniel Pearl than chat about the US right to torture someone. It is about time America Wakes up & remember the lives lost on 9/11.

By: ksp0704

ksp0704 — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:34:54 +0000

You want to make this really powerful? Do this on the senate floor as part of a filibuster. Some senator stands at the podium and expains why this is torture, and why this bill so deplorable. The waterboarding happens on CSPAN, CNN, NBC, and all the rest.

Now the real trick is finding a Senator with even a tenth the moxie you have sir.