Thursday, October 22, 2009

Were My Jams Used To Torture?


I'm pretty sure the most extreme cases involved Eminem and Savage Garden...

Read More At The Washington Post:

Dozens of musicians, including members of Pearl Jam and R.E.M., have joined a Freedom of Information request that is seeking to declassify all records about what music was played during interrogations. They also protested the use of music as torture. Musicians are speaking out as part of a new campaign to pressure the White House to close Guantanamo. The White House insists music isn't used as part of interrogation techniques, but human rights activists hope that using high-profile musicians to spread the message will shed light on the practice and prevent it from being used in the future. The use of loud music on prisoners violates the U.N. Convention Against Torture, and it was a tool that was often applied on terrorism suspects. According to an NYU music professor who has interviewed several former detainees, the music that was most often played was heavy metal, rap, and country.

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