May 21, 2003

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Cruel and Unusual: Using Barney, Sesame Street, Metallica to Make Em Talk

Ahhh, I knew it. Barney and Sesame Street were in cahoots with Metallica all along, inducing POWs worldwide to cough up the password.

Wait.

The US's Psychological Operations Company (Psy Ops) said the aim was to break a prisoner's resistance through sleep deprivation and playing music that was culturally offensive to them.

Culturally offensive. Hmmm. Sesame Street is okay. But Barney is offensive period.

But, wait again.

However, human rights organisation, Amnesty International, said such tactics may constitute torture - and coalition forces could be in breach of the Geneva Convention.

EEEEXXXIT LIGHT!! ENTER NIIIIIGHT!!! TAKE MY HAAAAND!! OUT TO NEVER NEVER LAND!!! WAAAAHH!!!

This is sooo dope.