Posted By Russ Emerson on October 10, 2003 at 11:56 pm
Eiland’s Theory of Compensatory Misery:
As human society gradually solves the problems of basic survival and reduces the amount of other miseries rooted in the reality of the human condition, the fringe elements of that society feel an increasingly strong compulsion to become obsessively angry about ever more trivial causes to recapture the sense that life is a painful struggle.
Simple. Brilliant.
This may be the quote of the year.
[Update, 16May2012: the original link has died.]
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Posted By Russ Emerson on October 10, 2003 at 10:15 pm
According to the International Red Cross, the prisoners at Guantanamo aren’t happy:
Wrapping up a two-month visit to the Cuban base, the organization — the only independent group with access to the approximately 650 detainees — said it found “a worrying deterioration” in mental health among many prisoners. It blamed their being held indefinitely without charges or legal counsel.
“They have no idea about their fate and they have no means of recourse at their disposal through any legal mechanism,” said Florian Westphal, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Well, cry me a river.
Unlawful combatants moaning about being treated to three-hots-and-a-cot. Give me a second while I go borrow Misha’s Imperial Nano-Violin.
Considering their alternative – being handed over to the Afghan government – they ought to be thrilled to be where they are.
(Hat tip: LGF)
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