The process of having a feeding tube inserted into one's nose is extremely painful, much more so than you'd expect. Out of all the injuries I've had (e.g. broken collar bone, 4 concussions, etc), none reached the immediate pain intensity level as having a feeding tube inserted.<p>For me, the tube felt way too small to fit. Blood started trickling down the back of my throat and my whole body seized up in pain. It's scary to have such an internalized pain immediately next to one's brain.
Guantanamo Bay is one of the most disgusting institutions in the "civilized world". How is this acceptable? Treating humans as garbage, no trial, just meat stored for torture.<p>Every day this piece of shit prison is open is a god damn disgrace for the entire human race.
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<a href="http://cdn.theguardian.tv/mainwebsite/2013/7/5/130705MosDef-16x9.mp4" rel="nofollow">http://cdn.theguardian.tv/mainwebsite/2013/7/5/130705MosDef-...</a>
Surely everyone watching this had their bullshit detectors go off???<p>Regardless of how you feel about Guantanamo Bay, there is clearly some acting -- some "dramatic exaggeration" -- going on in this video.<p>Bey volunteered to undergo the procedure. So he knew they would stop at any point if he asked them to. There was no need, therefore, for all the screaming of "no" and "please don't."<p>For Bey, this procedure was akin to you or I needing a painful procedure performed at the doctor's office. You might hate it, you might cry out in pain, but you don't react with the distress of knowing that you're being forced against your will.<p>If someone wants to make a video for the purpose of <i>exposing</i> me to some truth I'm unaware of, great. But don't go enhancing it with your own bullshit. There's already enough propaganda and bullshit for me to discern my way through to start with.
Relevant video of Christopher Hitchens being voluntarily waterboarded: <a href="http://youtu.be/4LPubUCJv58" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/4LPubUCJv58</a>