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Can cries of "TORTURE!!!" be far behind?
Hooray! Fiction!Intensive vetting is not torture.
Nor is enhanced interrogation.
This is.
In his most detailed and well researched novel of the travels of Marco Polo, "The Journeyer," Gary Jennings has Kublai Khan's Royal Executioner, 'the Fondler,' explain the exquisite path he provides to death.... most slow and painful.
Torture.
4. "“Lord Marco, it is named the Death of a Thousand because it requires one thousand small pieces of silk paper, folded and tossed haphazard in a basket. Each paper bears a word or two, no more than three, signifying some part of the human body. Navel or right elbow or upper lip or left middle toe or whatever.
Of course, there are not one thousand parts to the human body—at any rate, not one thousand capable of feeling sensation, like a fingertip, say, or being caused cessation of function, like a kidney.
To be precise, there are, by the traditional Fondler’s Count, only three hundred and thirty-six such parts. So the inscribed papers are almost all in triplicate. That is to say, three hundred and thirty-two parts of the body are thrice written on separate papers, making a total of nine hundred and ninety-six. Are you following this, Lord Marco?”
...you will have noted that there are four parts of the body not inscribed thrice on the papers. Those four are written only once apiece, on the four papers remaining of the thousand. I will later explain why—if you have not guessed by then." Jenning, "The Journeyer"
Have you guessed why those four pieces of paper are....special?
Can cries of "TORTURE!!!" be far behind?
We know you have a torture fetish, nazi. You should seek help for that.
Ben Carson thinks vetting is torture. He couldn't take three days of political heat for making really stupid statements before he was whining he was being tortured more than any political candidate in the history of America.
No, you're a nazi. Your belief in thinking Nazis are left wing is just more evidence of how stupid you are.Can cries of "TORTURE!!!" be far behind?
We know you have a torture fetish, nazi. You should seek help for that.
Ben Carson thinks vetting is torture. He couldn't take three days of political heat for making really stupid statements before he was whining he was being tortured more than any political candidate in the history of America.
For your edification: Nazi belongs to the group known as 'totalitarian.'
These include communist, socialist, Liberal, Progressive, fascist....and Nazi.
I'm conservative.
No, you're a nazi.Can cries of "TORTURE!!!" be far behind?
We know you have a torture fetish, nazi. You should seek help for that.
Ben Carson thinks vetting is torture. He couldn't take three days of political heat for making really stupid statements before he was whining he was being tortured more than any political candidate in the history of America.
For your edification: Nazi belongs to the group known as 'totalitarian.'
These include communist, socialist, Liberal, Progressive, fascist....and Nazi.
I'm conservative.
Hooray! Fiction!Intensive vetting is not torture.
Nor is enhanced interrogation.
This is.
In his most detailed and well researched novel of the travels of Marco Polo, "The Journeyer," Gary Jennings has Kublai Khan's Royal Executioner, 'the Fondler,' explain the exquisite path he provides to death.... most slow and painful.
Torture.
4. "“Lord Marco, it is named the Death of a Thousand because it requires one thousand small pieces of silk paper, folded and tossed haphazard in a basket. Each paper bears a word or two, no more than three, signifying some part of the human body. Navel or right elbow or upper lip or left middle toe or whatever.
Of course, there are not one thousand parts to the human body—at any rate, not one thousand capable of feeling sensation, like a fingertip, say, or being caused cessation of function, like a kidney.
To be precise, there are, by the traditional Fondler’s Count, only three hundred and thirty-six such parts. So the inscribed papers are almost all in triplicate. That is to say, three hundred and thirty-two parts of the body are thrice written on separate papers, making a total of nine hundred and ninety-six. Are you following this, Lord Marco?”
...you will have noted that there are four parts of the body not inscribed thrice on the papers. Those four are written only once apiece, on the four papers remaining of the thousand. I will later explain why—if you have not guessed by then." Jenning, "The Journeyer"
Have you guessed why those four pieces of paper are....special?
Gads, you're a moron.
I pointed out this scholarly work in the OP:
3. "In a public square in Beijing in 1904, multiple murderer Wang Weiqin was executed before a crowd of onlookers. He was among the last to suffer the extreme punishment known as lingchi. Called by Western observers “death by a thousand cuts” or “death by slicing,” this penalty was reserved for the very worst crimes in imperial China.
A unique interdisciplinary history, "Death by a Thousand Cuts" is the first book to explore the history, iconography, and legal contexts of Chinese tortures and executions from the tenth century until lingchi's abolition in 1905. The authors then turn their attention to an in-depth investigation of “oriental” tortures in the Western imagination."
https://books.google.com/booksid=7TfWj_N6QXYC&dq=exquisite+torture+Kublai+Khan's+court&sitesec=reviews
"Death by a Thousand Cuts"
By Timothy Brook, Jérôme Bourgon, Gregory Blue
Jennings' fiction is thoroughly researched and accurate.
You are free to indicate otherwise.
Now, with an insane man in the Oval Office who demands hundreds of thousands of Middle Easterners be brought into the country, oblivious to worldwide terrorism in support of a caliphate, he has threatened to veto any increased vetting of these individuals
I doubt that's true.
You should never doubt me.
"The House of Representatives has easily passed a GOP-authored bill to restrict the admission of Iraqi and Syrian refugees to America by requiring extra security procedures.
It's unclear whether the Senate will take up the legislation, says NPR's Arnie Seipel. If the bill does pass through Congress, President Obama has pledged to veto it. But if the House were voting on a veto override, they'd need no more than 290 votes — just one more than they had Thursday — to overrule the president." House Votes To Increase Security Checks On Refugees From Iraq, Syria
You're a rightwing extremist cult member. That is not assimilation into America.
I'm an American who would like to see America continue.
You might say that, too...but in your case it would be a verification of your name, the NYLiar.
No, you're a rightwing extremist and rightwing extremism is anything but good for America.
Jeezus, you threw Ronald Reagan under the bus the other day because he didn't destroy Social Security.
Never happened.
So you never quoted Lincoln about disagreeing with someone, when I pointed out that Reagan saved Social Security?
Can I get you to deny this 3 times before the cock crows this morning?
So you admit that "... you threw Ronald Reagan under the bus the other day because he didn't destroy Social Security" is merely one more of your stick in trade, lies?
Great.
"Your belief in thinking Nazis are left wing is just more evidence of how stupid you are."
True.
It's either a remarkable manifestation of rightwing ignorance and stupidity or a remarkable manifestation of rightwing contempt for the truth, an effort by many conservatives to repeat this lie often enough in the hope it's perceived to be 'true.'
She had no problem when we imported hundreds of thousands... of SE Asians after Nam....Now, with an insane man in the Oval Office who demands hundreds of thousands of Middle Easterners be brought into the country, oblivious to worldwide terrorism in support of a caliphate, he has threatened to veto any increased vetting of these individuals
I doubt that's true.
Any of 'em terrorists?
"Your belief in thinking Nazis are left wing is just more evidence of how stupid you are."
True.
It's either a remarkable manifestation of rightwing ignorance and stupidity or a remarkable manifestation of rightwing contempt for the truth, an effort by many conservatives to repeat this lie often enough in the hope it's perceived to be 'true.'
1. Hitler and Stalin both claim to have learned from Karl Marx.
2. Both are of the Left:
Nazi...national socialism....based on nationalism and/or race... Communism....international socialism.
3. And so are you.....every reliable Democrat voter is.
Every Leftist is, essentially, a Marxist…even though most eschew the title since the fall of the Soviet Union. Even so, Left-wing ideas are predicated on Marx’s materialist view. Philosophically, the term implies that only material things are real.
Prager
Now, with an insane man in the Oval Office who demands hundreds of thousands of Middle Easterners be brought into the country, oblivious to worldwide terrorism in support of a caliphate, he has threatened to veto any increased vetting of these individuals
I doubt that's true.
You should never doubt me.
"The House of Representatives has easily passed a GOP-authored bill to restrict the admission of Iraqi and Syrian refugees to America by requiring extra security procedures.
It's unclear whether the Senate will take up the legislation, says NPR's Arnie Seipel. If the bill does pass through Congress, President Obama has pledged to veto it. But if the House were voting on a veto override, they'd need no more than 290 votes — just one more than they had Thursday — to overrule the president." House Votes To Increase Security Checks On Refugees From Iraq, Syria
No, I want to see a quote of the president demanding 100's of thousands be brought into this country.
'demands' being your word.
"Your belief in thinking Nazis are left wing is just more evidence of how stupid you are."
True.
It's either a remarkable manifestation of rightwing ignorance and stupidity or a remarkable manifestation of rightwing contempt for the truth, an effort by many conservatives to repeat this lie often enough in the hope it's perceived to be 'true.'
1. Hitler and Stalin both claim to have learned from Karl Marx.
2. Both are of the Left:
Nazi...national socialism....based on nationalism and/or race... Communism....international socialism.
3. And so are you.....every reliable Democrat voter is.
Every Leftist is, essentially, a Marxist…even though most eschew the title since the fall of the Soviet Union. Even so, Left-wing ideas are predicated on Marx’s materialist view. Philosophically, the term implies that only material things are real.
Prager
Now, with an insane man in the Oval Office who demands hundreds of thousands of Middle Easterners be brought into the country, oblivious to worldwide terrorism in support of a caliphate, he has threatened to veto any increased vetting of these individuals
I doubt that's true.
You should never doubt me.
"The House of Representatives has easily passed a GOP-authored bill to restrict the admission of Iraqi and Syrian refugees to America by requiring extra security procedures.
It's unclear whether the Senate will take up the legislation, says NPR's Arnie Seipel. If the bill does pass through Congress, President Obama has pledged to veto it. But if the House were voting on a veto override, they'd need no more than 290 votes — just one more than they had Thursday — to overrule the president." House Votes To Increase Security Checks On Refugees From Iraq, Syria
No, I want to see a quote of the president demanding 100's of thousands be brought into this country.
'demands' being your word.
"Immigraton To Swell Muslim Population to 6.2 Million
According to U.S. Census Data, the United States admits roughly 100,000 Muslim immigrants legally each year, representing the fastest growing block of immigration into the United States. Tennessee, in fact, is home to one of the fastest growing immigrant populations in the country, causing the President to give a recent speech there in favor of expansive immigration.
This demographic change is entirely the product of legal admissions–that is, it is a formal policy of the federal government adopted by Congress.
Another major source of Middle Eastern immigration into the United States is done through our nation’s refugee program. Every year the United Stated admits 70,000 asylees and refugees.Arabic is the most common language spoken by refugees, and91.4 percent of refugees from the Middle East are on food stamps.
The importation of Middle Eastern immigrants through the nation’s refugee program hasled to the development of pockets of radicalized communities throughout the United States." Immigration to Swell U.S. Muslim Population to 6.2 Million - Breitbart
