American treatment of prisoners assailed

May 26, 2005 D. H. McKee

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Amnesty International said Wednesday that the United States’ treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib had emboldened abusive regimes and weakened human rights around the world.
The group’s annual report, “The State of the World’s Human Rights,” provides a harshly worded critique of U.S. conduct toward its prisoners alongside accounts of oppression in China and genocide in Sudan, saying the U. S. behavior “grants a license to others to commit abuse with impunity and audacity.”
William Schulz, the executive director of Amnesty International USA, called on foreign governments to consider prosecuting top-ranking officials —
including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales — if the U.S. refused to conduct a more thorough and independent investigation.
American treatment of prisoners assailed / Conduct weakens rights around world, group says

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As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.