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DOUBLE STANDARD? When John Cusack bombards his girlfriend's home with music, it's cute. When the CIA uses a boombox, it's torture. So, a pretentious group of musicians is upset that their music is being used to torment America’s most dangerous enemies? Full Article at DonklePhant
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What do the Barney theme song, the cloying Meow Mix jingle (see above) and Matchbox Twenty's musical oeuvre have in common? Full Article at The Kenneth Cole Blog
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As the old Buzzcocks favourite puts it, “Noise annoys”, and at first glance there’s something almost comical about claims that music was used to torture “war on terror” prisoners. Loud music can be annoying, but it doesn’t actually torture you, does it? Full Article at Amnesty International
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Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button. To read this article in full you must have registered and have a Premium Content Subscription with the scotsman.com site. Full Article at The Scotsman
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Dozens of musicians have joined an effort to get information about music that may have been played to torture detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, activists said. Full Article at United Press International
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At Guantanamo, the U.S. government turned a jukebox into an instrument of torture ... The musicians and the public have the right to know how an expression of popular culture was transformed into an enhanced interrogation technique.
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The fact that music I helped create was used as a tactic against humanity sickens me
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Guantanamo is known around the world as one of the places where human beings have been tortured ... From waterboarding to stripping, hooding and forcing detainees into humiliating sexual acts, playing music for 72 hours in a row at volumes just below that to shatter the eardrums. Guantanamo may be d**k ...
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At Guantanamo, the U.S. government turned a jukebox into an instrument of torture
SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune
