No.18 Bus - The route goes by Hell

[dotinthesky]

I've been catching my morning bus to work right beside the police station where the British Guantánamo Bay terror suspects were held for interrogations. I saw the cameras yesterday morning and suspected that Paddington Green's police station was the temporary home for notorious men.

It's funny how you can be only a few feet away from people who stand for history and not even realize it. In their case, the history of America's human rights violations. There I was, freezing to death while waiting for the No.18 bus, leaning against the police station, thinking about buying a cup of tea when I got to work, and hoping that no pigeons would shit on my head. Just a few feet away, inside the cells, sat men that had been put through torture and deprivation.

Are these men guilty? And of what exactly? Planning a massive terror attack or simply offering a bed to a terrorist? Guilty by association or action? If we are so superior to them, then surely we could treat them with the same laws we have devised for ourselves?

And, if they were really guilty, would America have returned them to Britain?

I know I'm asking obvious questions. I don't read depressing news that often anymore but, when I do, it's like a month's worth of sewage gets poured into my mind again and again and again.

Thank you kixie for the link.

Comments

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Very very true. Just look at the lives of those people hit by tsunami for example. That kind of event should put people's lives in perspective.

[4q.livejournal.com]

exactly. Honestly I want to quit my job and go help them. I wonder if you get paid for that ( my loan still needs to get paid I would do it for free if it didn't)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I heard they need qualified help, like doctors and nurses. I think there were tons of volunteers who wanted to help, but what they need is people who can help the ones still in the hospitals.