Prisoners
Is any one else troubled by the idea that what happened in the Iraqi prisons is, rightfully, condemned far and wide as a human right’s abuse, while prison rape in our country is widespread and completely accepted, even joked about?
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Mike,
Thanks for the post. I am deeply troubled by both kinds of abuse.
Leah