#14 Interesting theory, Mr Nowak. So, if some group of people say something often enough it must be true?
Funny, but I remember all the adults telling me there was a Santa when I was little. They were pretty persistent about it, and, not knowing any better, I thought it was credible. They also told me that if I didn't start behaving, Santa would find out and take away all my toys. Santa didn't answer my rather pointed letter regarding toy confiscation when I was five, either. I'm sure I put enough postage on the letter, because Mom yelled at me later for using up her stamps. All the while I saw really cool TV shows that definitely showed a Santa, with his collaborators Rudolph & Frosty. The closest I ever got to an official government statement on the matter was from my teachers. They agreed with my parents.
Therefore, I guess Santa exists?
Nah, didn't think so.
Nice 21st century adaptation of Hitler's "big lie" theory, though. I must give the specialist his props for that one.
(I'd give him even more props if he came out and said all he really wants is a tropical vacation at US expense, preferably during the cold winter months, after the holiday sales are over....natch. Yeah, I'm cynical, and still not over the Santa crap. ;) ) |
U.N. human rights investigators, citing "persistent and credible" reports of torture at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, urged the United States on Thursday to allow them to check conditions there. The failure of the United States to respond to requests since early 2002 is leading the experts to conclude Washington has something to hide at the Cuban base, said Manfred Nowak, a specialist on torture and a professor of human rights law in Vienna, Austria. "At a certain point, you have to take well-founded allegations as proven in the absence of a clear explanation by the government," Nowak said. However, he added: "We are not making a judgment if torture or treatment under degrading conditions has taken place."