(U.K.Channel) 4 lines up Guantánamo-style torture show

[Up2Late]

(has it really come to this? Is this infuriating, sad, or just embarrassing for us all):cry:

C4 lines up Guantánamo-style torture show

MediaGuardian
By Dominic Timms
Tuesday February 8, 2005

Channel 4 is to broadcast what it is styling a Guantánamo Bay-style reality show that will examine the effects of mild torture on seven male volunteers.

The Guantánamo Guidebook will recreate some of the practices used at the US naval base where hundreds of so-called "enemy combatants" have been held without trial or access to lawyers for nearly three years.

Using an east London warehouse and declassified internal documents obtained from US sources, programme-makers mocked up conditions as they are inside Guantánamo, before subjecting seven volunteers to some of the milder forms of torture alleged to have been used by US authorities.

The programme exposed the volunteers, three of whom are Muslim, to 48 hours of "torture lite" including sleep deprivation, the use of extreme temperatures and "mild" physical contact.

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[meegbear]

1. Do I smell a new Fox show this fall?

My magic 8 ball says Yes.

[progressiveBadger]

2. Who's your daddy?

I asked you a question damn it, now answer me! *crackle crackle*

[meegbear]

3. LOL!

[Up2Late]

4. I can already picture a few spin-offs

Like "Solitary"

or

"$1,000,000.00 Naked Pyramid"

[Synnical]

5. This is disgusting

We do not need to be de-sensitized to torture by turning it into entertainment!