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Sunday, October 5, 2008 12:00 AM

Porn producer invokes the Bush/Yoo defense -- unsuccessfully

Citizens who produce fictitious films depicting "humiliation" and "degradation" will be sent to prison. Government officials who do that in reality will be immunized.

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  • Sunday, October 5, 2008 11:47 AM

    Oh brother...

    Hardly a surprise that you can't distinguish between things that happen in reality and fiction -- that's the hallmark of your political movement -- but I'd like to know: who went to prison for what happened to Mohammed al-Qahtani described in the post, and all the other detainees at Guantanamo?-- GlennGreenwald

    Club Gitmo? Nobody gets convicted of anything for pampering prisoners. Abu Ghraib on the other hand netted 11 convictions. Apparently you can't tell the difference between people that want to entertain, from people that want to kill.

    On the other hand I could be wrong. Perhaps after this is all over, you could invite the Guantanamo jihadist crowd over for a showing of Max Hardcore's cinematic offerings. I have little doubt such an invitation from a gay American jew, would be accepted gleefully.

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