Daily Archives: May 7, 2004

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Saddam’s Interrogation Logs

by Brian David Phillips • May 7, 2004

Interesting reading . . . Saddam’s Interrogation Logs. It’s a joy to see how the government’s top interrogators are doing their job.

FCC Swamped With Oprah Complaints

by Brian David Phillips • May 7, 2004

The Smoking Gun has a smpling of letters sent to the FCC regarding the March 18 broadcast where Oprah and guest discussed sexuality . . . FCC Swamped With Oprah Indecency Complaints. While the letters themselves are entertaining . . . they may very well backfire. Fans of Jimmy Kimmel and Howard Stern wrote 1600…

When “Normal” People Become “Monsters”

by Brian David Phillips • May 7, 2004

The New York Times has an excellent brief essay reviewing landmark studies that showed the Fine Line Between `Normal’ and `Monster’. In 1971, a Stanford University study by Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo involved a group of twenty-four students were randomly given the roles of prisoners and guards in a study that simulated prisons. The study…

Iraqi Prison Abuse . . . When In Rome?

by Brian David Phillips • May 7, 2004

Commenting on my post regarding Iraqi Prison Abuse, Latook writes: “WHEN IN ROME” what’s the problem? This happened in Iraq, it happens all of the time. It’s their way. If it happened in the US, then it would be abuse. If we have to obey the laws and customs of a host country then all…