I really enjoyed this reading. Great pick group! The way he explained it really made you put yourself in his shoes. It was such a powerful reading. The most powerful part of it was in the end when he talks about that whenever he talks about with his fellow prisoners all they can do is laugh. It is hard to beleive that something America did , which is supposed to be this great country that helps everyone, can actually scar a person to the point of numbness. It is extremely disturbing. On the other hand what happened to the United States on 9/11 was the same if not more disturbing than this. Did ANY good come out of these camps? There are articles on the internet of men being found guilty of supplying material to terrorists. What if this was something that could have harmed the United States in the same way that 9/11 did. I am not saying this is right, but theres two sides to every story and in order to get the full grip on an idea you must know both sides. Wikipedia has an amazing explanation, not to mention thorough, of everything that went on at Guantanamo. The picture I have posted is of a Toronto Coalition group opposing Guantanamo (Gitmo). This does upset me a little. I understand what we were doing at times wasn't right but once again there had to be something good that came out of it or else we wouldn't have done it right?
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