I recently read Fingersmiths by Sarah Waters. An interesting story with many surprising plot twists. My cousing suggested *Affinity*. I might be interested. The book has been a page-turner and I had to stay up until 4:30 in the morning to finish it. Thank you Chrissie, for recommending it to the BookClub.
The book also features a paragraph or two about waterboarding.
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Think about it.
“Both houses of the United States Congress approved a bill by February 2008 that would ban waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods. But President George W. Bush vetoed the bill on March 8, 2008. It appears unlikely that bill supporters will be able to gather enough votes to overturn the veto.” – Bush vetoes bill outlawing CIA waterboarding by Richard Cowan with Eric Beech, Reuters, March 8, 2008, also cited on the Wikipedia article on waterboarding.
Bush vetoes bill outlawing CIA waterboarding
In German one would say: “Zum Kotzen!” – roughly “To puke!” or “Makes me want to puke!”
Reading about it makes my physically sick. I have cold sweat dripping down my side, my eyes are filled with tears that don’t want to come, and my stomach a tight little stone. From the inquisition to war criminals in Japan, Germany, Vietnam, Algeria... to the United States of today.
Makes. Me. Want. To. Puke.
What have you become.
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