Comments on: During Bahrain's bloody crackdown, America continued selling Arms http://boingboing.net/2013/01/15/during-bahrains-bloody-crack.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: DewiMorgan http://boingboing.net/2013/01/15/during-bahrains-bloody-crack.html#comment-1629539 DewiMorgan Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206050#comment-1629539 Governments are in the business of security, not freedom. Governments are in the business of security, not freedom.

]]> By: unfairrobot http://boingboing.net/2013/01/15/during-bahrains-bloody-crack.html#comment-1629295 unfairrobot Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206050#comment-1629295 As I've always said, there's no such thing as good and evil, only different points of view.  And the US government goes on and on and on about "good" and "evil" but what they mean by "good" is "the point of view to which we subscribe".  So I hope y'all are on the side of good, otherwise you must be evil! As I’ve always said, there’s no such thing as good and evil, only different points of view.  And the US government goes on and on and on about “good” and “evil” but what they mean by “good” is “the point of view to which we subscribe”.  So I hope y’all are on the side of good, otherwise you must be evil!

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2013/01/15/during-bahrains-bloody-crack.html#comment-1629266 Paul Renault Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206050#comment-1629266 Not new behaviour, as everyone knows... Read  Edwin Black's <i>IBM and the Holocaust</i>. http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/ IBM's collusion with the Nazis before and during WWII was aided by the US and other governments, either directly or by carefully looking the other way.  Once they figured that the Nazis were running out of money, that's when the US decided to join the war. (Yeah, I always wondered why the US was so late to join too.) Not new behaviour, as everyone knows…

Read  Edwin Black’s IBM and the Holocaust.
http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/

IBM’s collusion with the Nazis before and during WWII was aided by the US and other governments, either directly or by carefully looking the other way.  Once they figured that the Nazis were running out of money, that’s when the US decided to join the war.

(Yeah, I always wondered why the US was so late to join too.)

]]> By: Marja Erwin http://boingboing.net/2013/01/15/during-bahrains-bloody-crack.html#comment-1629121 Marja Erwin Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206050#comment-1629121 Also, an American police chief noted for violent crackdowns on pro-democracy protests in Philadelphia and Miami has been an advisor in Bahrain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Timoney_%28police_chief%29 Also, an American police chief noted for violent crackdowns on pro-democracy protests in Philadelphia and Miami has been an advisor in Bahrain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Timoney_%28police_chief%29

]]> By: Brian McKeever http://boingboing.net/2013/01/15/during-bahrains-bloody-crack.html#comment-1629112 Brian McKeever Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206050#comment-1629112 I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise.

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