Gingerbread Man on 19/9/2006 at 20:51
Quote Posted by d0om
The Canadians
told on him to the USA, but thats the extent of their stupidity.
I'm pretty sure we didn't know about this whole "send people to foreign countries so they can be tortured by people who aren't American" policy, either.
CyberFish on 19/9/2006 at 20:56
I thought Extraordinary Rendition was reasonably well known about? I know it's common knowledge NOW, and considering that governments generally find out about the questionable actions of one country well in advance of the people they govern (ironically, it's generally the citizens of the country using the questionable methods who find out last), I'd have thought the Canadian government would have been aware of it at the time.
Of course, I might have either my assumptions or my timescale hopelessly wrong. I don't remember exactly when Extraordinary Rendition became news.
R Soul on 19/9/2006 at 21:17
Extraordinary Rendition is an awful phrase.
Nicker on 19/9/2006 at 21:18
Yeah, Extraordinary Rendition is how I'd describe a particularly fine musical performance, not the deliberate export of humans into perilous situations.
A lot of the delays and lies that caused this to drag on were Canadian officials and federal ploice covering their cowardly asses. That they would allow a man they knew was innocent to face a year and a half of torture and then relive that in a protracted enquiry process, says buckets about their humanity and fitness for office.
Agent Monkeysee on 19/9/2006 at 21:30
Quote Posted by Gingerbread Man
I am completely disgusted that the Arar case is only recently news to the Americans. This has been in our papers for years.
You wanna help me burn our media down? I've got a lighter.
CyberFish on 19/9/2006 at 22:43
I know, I was mainly using it for irony value. It's like "ethnic cleansing". I'd refer to it as importing torture, personally.
jprobs on 20/9/2006 at 00:27
Quote Posted by Gingerbread Man
I am completely disgusted that the Arar case is only recently news to the Americans. This has been in our papers for years.
I am completely disgusted that you think this is recent news to Americans...
Sure, the average XBOX'er probably is unaware of this story, but he also has no idea who George Washington is either.
I have known of this story for quite sometime.
Agent Monkeysee on 20/9/2006 at 00:50
i am not an xbox :grr:
Strangeblue on 20/9/2006 at 01:04
Damn... they have to outsource evil these days. Truly the system is in the toilet.
oudeis on 20/9/2006 at 01:05
Quote Posted by Gingerbread Man
I'm pretty sure we didn't know about this whole "send people to foreign countries so they can be tortured by people who aren't American" policy, either.
One of the articles I linked in my op indicated the RCMP had no idea we were going to pipeline Arar to one of the worst countries in the world.
Quote Posted by Nicker
Yeah, Extraordinary Rendition is how I'd describe a particularly fine musical performance, not the deliberate export of humans into perilous situations.
Well, maybe it's both, and fingernail is actually a CIA operative. :ebil:
