22-04-2009, 11:21 AM
Fuck me. I thought Tolkein’s character “Worm-tongue” was fictional until I read the following double-speak from the fist memo.
Water-boarding is apparently an “increased pressure phrase”. Silly me. I always thought of it as torture.
“Dislocate his expectations”... More like dislocate his finger and shoulder joints.
Where do these cowardly polegal pricks get these worm-tongued phrases from? Do they have a convention of the timidly irresponsible and cruel - a sort of CYA “blame-storming” session?
Quote: In 1ight of the information you believe Zuba:i-'dah has and the high level of threat you believe now exists, you wish to move the interrogations into what you have described. as an "increased pressure
phase.'"
Water-boarding is apparently an “increased pressure phrase”. Silly me. I always thought of it as torture.
Quote: In this phase, you would like to employ ten techniques that you believe will dislocate his expectations regarding the treatment he believes he will receive and encourage him to disclose
t h e crucial information mentioned above.
“Dislocate his expectations”... More like dislocate his finger and shoulder joints.
Where do these cowardly polegal pricks get these worm-tongued phrases from? Do they have a convention of the timidly irresponsible and cruel - a sort of CYA “blame-storming” session?
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14