Torture Blog

TorgoX on 2004-05-15T07:26:00

Dear Log,

Wherein someone with Bay Area damage discovers her own Theory Of Spontaneous Simultude...

«``It's the first time we can't just point a finger at a leader and say 'You did this wrong' and instead have to say 'We're doing this wrong,''' says Sarah McAuley, a 24-year-old who lives in San Francisco. ``The people shown abusing Iraqi prisoners are me, or at least not as distinguishable from me as some.''

McAuley saw the first photos showing abuse of Iraqi prisoners on a TV at her gym. Soon after, she fired off an entry for her Web log, describing how she felt ``sad, ashamed and disappointed.''

[...]

``I think a lot of the reaction, particularly among kids, is a struggling to understand these horrors and put them in context,'' says Ryan Brenizer, a 25-year-old New Yorker who regularly posts his thoughts on Live Journal. »

--"Shock of War Comes Home to 20-Somethings"

And now I'm blogging this!!!!! OMGLOLWTFBBQ!