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07-08-2013, 07:12 PM
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 ✖ The Antique Christ ✖ Poster Rank:105 Gonzo Punk Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 15,488
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Graphic Video Portrays Guantanamo Force-feeding
Mos Def, aka Yasiin Bey, undergoes force-feeding to protest Guantanamo measures Well, this is more startling than the usual acts of celebvocacy we see. Rapper/actor Yasiin Bey — yes, we all still know him best as Mos Def — released a video in conjunction with a human rights organization this morning via The Guardian that shows him undergoing what he says is the standard process for force-feeding Guantanamo detainees. Or attempting to, anyway — after an excruciating attempt to submit to a nasogastric tube (up the nostrils, down to the stomach) he convulses in tears and begs to stop the experiment. More than half of the 166 prisoners at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo are participating in a hunger strike that has been going on for months, military officials have said. Lawyers for the prisoners have asked the federal courts to stop the force-feeding, saying it’s akin to torture and prevents them from observing the religious fasting of Ramadan, which begins tonight. Justice Department lawyers responded last week that the process is a humane way to keep detainees from starving to death. Bey, 39, has a background in liberal activism, railing against the government response to Hurricane Katrina and the conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal. He made the film with the group Reprieve, which participated in the court filings, and it’s been instantly controversial — an unflinching look at a gruesome procedure, or extremely good acting? Source |
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07-08-2013, 07:25 PM
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 My Rank: GUNNERY SERGEANT Poster Rank:601 Tenacious Bigmouth Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,533
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Re: Graphic Video Portrays Guantanamo Force-feeding
 thats awful. No doubt im sure there was SOME "overly dramatic" acting in there but if anyones ever experienced a NG tube then they know it usually is and CAN be very painful.... apparently nobody bother to tell Mos Def and the detainees to swallow during the insertion to minimize pain  |
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07-08-2013, 08:32 PM
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Re: Graphic Video Portrays Guantanamo Force-feeding
"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"
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07-09-2013, 07:39 AM
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 goinggoingGONE Poster Rank:33 I am a man yes I am and tell ya so Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 46,449 Mentioned: 65 Post(s) Quoted: 6610 Post(s)
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Re: Graphic Video Portrays Guantanamo Force-feeding
Well then let them fucking starve then
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07-09-2013, 11:52 AM
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Re: Graphic Video Portrays Guantanamo Force-feeding
Did he really have to cry like a bitch?...
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07-10-2013, 10:44 PM
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 My Rank: LANCE CORPORAL Poster Rank:2514 Male Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 172
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Re: Graphic Video Portrays Guantanamo Force-feeding
Just let them die if they won't eat. Less of our taxpayers' money to pay out.
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