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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:02 PM
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Eminem (and Dr. Dre) Music Allegedly Used As U.S. Torture Device
Eminem Music Allegedly Used As U.S. Torture Device

POSTED: 9:04 am PST December 19, 2005


KABUL, Afghanistan -- A human rights group is alleging the United States operated a secret prison near Afghanistan's capital as recently as last year.

The group claims that music by Eminem and Dr. Dre were used as instruments of torture.

New York-based Human Rights Watch has issued a report saying the United States operated a secret prison in Afghanistan and tortured detainees. The report quoted an Ethiopian-born detainee as saying he was kept in a pitch-black prison and forced to listen to Eminem and Dr. Dre’s rap music for 20 days before the music was replaced by "horrible ghost laughter and Halloween sounds."

The report said detainees at the facility -- known as "Dark Prison" -- were deprived of sleep, chained to walls and forced to listen to loud music in total darkness for days.

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http://www.kcra.com/news/5577000/detail.html
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:03 PM
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1. It would certainly work as torture for me
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:03 PM
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2. I doubt they played MOSH for the prisoners.
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mark11727 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:19 PM
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11. HAH! My very thoughts...!
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:04 PM
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3. Cool! Torture for me would be Mariah Carey.
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Todd B Donating Member (809 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:07 PM
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6. Make them watch Glitter or Gigli non-stop.
Er, on second though, that might be *too* cruel and unusual!
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cureautismnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:05 PM
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4. Ronald Reagan movies would make me talk.
Of course, they might not like to hear what I'd say!
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DrGonzoLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:06 PM
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5. I heard that on NPR this morning...
American Idol would have been much more effective. Christ, if you're going to torture someone psychologically, at least do it well.
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genieroze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:08 PM
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7. Spaghetti Westerns with Clint Eastwood would torture me.
My husband tortures me at least once a week. lol
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:08 PM
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8. Odd. I use it for jogging. Wonder if they played this Emminem line?
"Fuck you, Lynne Cheney! Fuck you, Tipper Gore! Fuck you with the freeest of speech these Divided States of Embarrassment will allow me to have! Fuck you!"
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:16 PM
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9. Well, duh.
But isn't John Ashcroft's Let The Eagle Soar available?

:evilgrin:
rocknation
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-19-05 02:18 PM
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10. Oh Let The Eagle Soar,
Edited on Mon Dec-19-05 02:18 PM by Hubert Flottz
About one rep of..."LET THE EAGLE SOAR!" and they'd tell everything they knew and several thousand things, they didn't know! I know damned well I would!
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