WHEN POWER — LEGITIMIZED BY ACCEPTANCE AND SILENCE — ABUSES THOSE IN CUSTODY, WHO ARE ITS AGENTS? WHAT ARE THEIR EXCUSES? HOW WILL THEY JUSTIFY AND COVERUP, AND REPRESS THOSE CALLING ‘EM OUT?

CHANGE THE NAMES, AND “RE-DEFINITIONS” AND U GET A BUNCH OF FAMILIAR TORTURE TERMS @ GITMO:
RENDITIONS, INVOLUNTARY KIDNAPPINGS, ABUSES, GITMO ENHANCED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES, COLOR OF AUTHORITY,

DETAINEES ARE “SUB-HUMAN”, DEHUMANIZED, DEGRADED — THUS OK TO ABUSE IN HORRIFIC WAYS….

“SHORT OF ORGAN FAILURE…..” OFFICER YOO’S DEFINITION OF NON-TORTURE IN INFAMOUS MEMO…. IS THIS 4 REAL?

ASK THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF IRISH CHILDREN — TO USE THE CATHOLIC POWER STRUCTURE’S OWN TERMS: “MY GAWD! ITHEY TOLD ME THEY WEREN’T GOING TO DO IT…. AND IF THEY DID, IT WAS LEGIT!!!!!”

IF WE DID IT TO OUR OWN CHILDREN, WHAT WILL STOP SUCH ACTIONS AGAINST OUR SUSPECTED “ENEMIES”?

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By SARAH LYALL
Published: May 20, 2009
LONDON — Tens of thousands of Irish children were sexually, physically and emotionally abused by nuns, priests and others over 60 years in a network of church-run residential schools meant to care for the poor, the vulnerable and the unwanted, according to a report released in Dublin on Wednesday.
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Christian Brothers/The Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse
At church-run institutions in Ireland, like St. Joseph’s Industrial School, above, in an undated photo, and the Letterfrack Industrial School, below, in a photo from the late 19th or early 20th century, children were sexually, physically and emotionally abused by nuns, priests and others from the 1930s to the 1990s, according to a report released in Dublin on Wednesday.
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The Lede: Response to Irish Abuse Report (May 20, 2009)
Executive Summary of the Report (pdf)
Full Report: PDF | HTML Format (childabusecommission.ie)
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The Letterfrack Industrial School, in a photo from the late 19th or early 20th century.
The 2,600-page report paints a picture of institutions run more like Dickensian orphanages than 20th-century schools, characterized by privation and cruelty that could be both casual and choreographed.
“A climate of fear, created by pervasive, excessive and arbitrary punishment, permeated most of the institutions,” the report says. In the boys’ schools, it says, sexual abuse was “endemic.”

TRY IT:

(ACTUALLY, DIDN’T REALIZE THIS UNTIL I LOOKED AT EMAIL THIS MORNING, WITH DAT DAMN TUNE “GU-AN- TAN-NE-MERA…GUAN… IN MY HEAD… AND LO, COULD SING THESE WORDS…)

gUAN-TAN-NA-MERA, FOR HE’S A GUAN-TAN-NE- MERA
a “surgeon uses a knife, so does a butcher;
to cut……. or to heal —
what’s the difference? what’s legit?

a lawyer uses a pen; so does a pre–Si—–dent?
To torture ………To kill —

what’s the difference? What’s legit?.

So U let a butcher surgeon keep his job?
So U let Dean Edley keep Yoo on his job?
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(NOTE:what about also praising those who are models of Noncomplicity:)

gUAN-TAN-NA-MERA, FOR HE’S A GUAN-TAN-NE- MERA
Not the GOOD GERMAN!
“not so nice! Not so legit!

‘ REMEMBER THE WMDs????
Condi made it legit!” Powell made it legit!”
“Who else?”

how about torture?

“Not ME!” —-”Oh, Not OFFICER Yoo?”
or U?

(NOTE: JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR, IF UR FORWARDING,.. PUT A FOOT NOTE HERE…….”don’t like the obvious Asian name-play– too long used by racist, smart asses —EG. well intentioned Stanford made the mistake of “getting Rice out of the cafeteria” headline in recent student newspaper….. etc…)

gUAN-TAN-NA-MERA, FOR HE’S A GUAN-TAN-NE- MERA
“where’d we be if Ellsberg just “shirked” his ( Pentagon) Papers?”

where’d we be without you who asked DaBEEE-U

‘hey King Bush: where are da WMDs?”

“‘NOUGH TO JUST WALK PASS?”
‘NOUGH TO JUST LET TIME PASS?’

gUAN-TAN-NA-MERA, FOR HE’S A GUAN-TAN-NE- MERA…..
(99 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE STALL, 99……….

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING UTUBE OF VIDEO IN PROGRESS…

SERIOUS, SNL VET HIPSTER LATE-NITE HOST JIMMY FALLON MIGHT BE WILLING TO SHOW CLIPS OF SONG, (MEANT TO TRY TO CREATIVELY GET THIS PASS HIS ‘HANDLERS’ BUT RAN OUT OF TIME… WHICH OTHERS MAY TRY….GOOD LUCK…………..)

(OK, I MEAN, DESPITE IN THEIR VIEW, HA HA LIKE LETTERMENS’ FAMOUS ‘STUPID PET TRICKS’ (WHICH OF COURSE HAS CUTIE DOGS, ANIMALS, AND EVEN MORE ADORING OWNERS, AND MILLIONS OF PET OWNERS IN AUDIENCE…..)

congrats on the song, video, whole protest effort! (tv coverage on channel 2…and others….)

Got from an insider’s observations (emailed) at the Greek Theatre grad ceremony:

excerpted here:

…………Boalt law grad’s spouse read the entire firejohnyoo.org article on latest Gitmo black shirt: IRF’ing – (5-thugs, extraction squad like at Pelican Bay — Max Unit),,,, appreciated greatly the protest… spouse’s parents who came also wore the orange ribbon, as did law grad,,, and commented that noticed alot of people wore it as well… (person can be counted on emailing and listserv networks…..in nx days….)

….saw the inside protest, with lone figure —Orange jumpsuit/ black-hooded w/ “Who Will Speak For Me?” 5-ft banner hanging pinned in front of orange jumpsuit. in front of stage’s bottom (actually stage left…)..

…. spouse later just to ck out things, asked of the officials…. “say, what happened to that guy with the hood and protest?” Reply: ” oh, he got a ticket so couldn’t arrest him”…. {so what law would enable such an actual arrest at a public ceremony (ritual)??????? —————- where the protestor is:
1) silent, (complying with their commencement brochure warning about not shouting, or interferring with the speakers, etc.);

2) “all signs and banners will be removed”. (Note: object and not person is subject to removal). …..

anyway, they should count their blessed, legal eagle feathers, that a more professional performance artist didn’t do the job…. can U imagine the following?

. i mean, first, with the lone actor, —–what better prop then to enlist the help of 2 obliging (or unwitting) Berkeley cops dragging a Gitmo torture victim away in front of 2000 people..

. and as the drama unfolds,,,, oh, look!the gitmo hooded prisoner is sitting down, and causing more delays…. yet he is still not shouting…. arguing with the cops only, while 10 feet away on the stage sat all the speakers, Dean Edley, and big shots waiting “patiently”…and protestor is facing 15 feet away the entire graduating “hooded”, gowned, dressed in non-street garb (so come again, how are rules equally applied??? )

Yes, the entire ‘09 class UC Boalt Law Sch who spent 3 grueling yrs supposedly studying rules, regulations, words and concepts like “justice” — within clear earshot of the conversation…. then as officers lift the body away…. Gitmo protestor is heard to ask in a thundering voice, “hey, is there a LAWYER IN THE HOUSE?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
(well, could also admittedly been too “smart-assy” and backfire, by giving room to just dismiss it as fun and games… just a prank-like thing…. instead of a ” guy being hauled away for possible arrest, etc…..to save their nice, polite, and sadly irrelevant ritual — despite ringing words of wisdom, pontificating on ethics;… law must serve justice, blah, blah, blah……….

oh well, msg got across, and visible to all…. even Dean Edley…& his multi-multi-degreed, published, prof colleagues who may want his job, and angling possibly for a future cut-throat move…..
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back to what actually happened….

the speaker, UC Irvine Law Dean, atty for a Gitmo detainee did speak about the law not being a justification for torture…

but sadly missed his chance to add to his oratorical impact, by having a ready-made symbol, an eloquent prop silently standing there, adding to the realism, thought provoking ideas, and indeed profundity of his discourse…any teacher’s, prof’s, spker’s or actor’s dream — denied!

hope the world including the Spanish govt’s (for its own motives) took note, and continue to press forward — and indict Yoo, Bybee, Bush/cheney & all their criminal, hyena asses! (with apologies to the 4-legged ones.)

The First Amendment and Academic Freedom do not protect actions on behalf of someone acting under the auspices of state power. Furthermore, Edley’s argument flipantly mitigates the horrendous violations and abuses of detainees who were held for period of 5 to 6 years, brutally tortured (often with several different torture methods used in sequence), denied the right to counsel, were not allowed to bring evidence to defend themselves, and in the end were never convicted of any crime.

Torture is not an undecided issue. The future of the legal profession demands a refutation of Dean Edley’s argumentation and calls upon Edley to confront the ramifications of John Yoo’s teaching among a new generation of young lawyers who believe that being an effective attorney is simply making the best argument for your client.

The consequences of Dean Edley’s thinking are disastrous.

* 50 phone calls to personal contacts, friends and family.

* Sent two emails in two days to 300 contacts who at least know me by name

* Spent about 5 hours swimming in the murk of facebook friending, being friended, commenting, linking and posting the video.

* I have had many(50?) email and phone responses, as well as a growing list of blog comment responses.

* In as many ways as I could figure out, I encouraged all to pass this onto others to encourage to do this same.

* Wrote a press release
http://radicalism.us/press-release

* Phoned and emailed press relase to the
Daily Cal UC Berkeley Student newspaper:
news desk
dailycalifornian@dailycal.org
letters to the editor
opinion@dailycal.org

* Phoned and emailed the
East Bay Express
Editor Phone: 510-879-3700
Editor email
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/SendLetter?oid=oid%3A534486
emailed Robert Gammon who reports on Yoo for the East Bay Express. This is his great cover story from last year
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/the_torture_professor/Content?oid=727134

* spoke to an excellent photoagrapher on the staff of the
Washington Report on Middle East affairs
http://wrmea.com
He may make it, he is very enthusiastic about the direction of our work and will pass it on.