Things We Don't Sign

It's been two days since the united states neglected to sign a ban on government body snatching. The final draft didn't "meet their expectations", according to a suit named Sean McCormack.

"The convention defines forced disappearances as the arrest, detention, kidnapping or "any other form of deprivation of freedom" by state agents or affiliates, followed by denials or cover-ups about the detention and location of the person gone missing."

This is too simple for us; where are the loopholes whereby we can justify the desaparecidos we've already got cloistered away?

CIA's "Salt Pit" prison


Who the hell are these people that are kept away from everyone? Is the government information on them solid, or is at as flexible as the Neocons need it to be to fit their agenda? Are they guarded by fresh-faced sadistic recruits like Lynndie England? Will the patsies be as easy to find as Lynddie England when this new, fresh shit hits the fan? (hint: she's the 20-year-old idiot in front giving the thumbs-up. she's the mastermind of all this.)

Terror is a business, and business is good. The government could pick me up tomorrow and I could be dead when I get to the doors of the secret prison. You think i'm going to organize any resistance to a government I find stifling and horrifying? Fuck no. I'll refuse to organize anything unless it's a government flag waving party.

The reality is, this system we live in is really big. Really, Really big. So the first steps we take as a country in any direction need to be very careful. Thus I can understand there are lots of reasons not to sign any document. Except for the Kyoto Protocol. And the Land Mine Treaty. Hm. Have we been using our power to push forward the cause of humanity?

The problem, I think, with looking out for #1, is that everyone recognizes it as somewhat of a necessity. Because of this, you can get away with a lot of things if you claim to be looking out for your own ass.

Unfortunately there is no safety for something so big as the US. Or rather, there is, but it's only available if everyone is too scared to act, or if the world isn't full of weapons. Since we've already filled the world with weapons, that leaves fascism.

But fascism is temporary. It only works when it has a business model to help it perpetuate.

Terror in, obedience out.