Comments on: The unintended consequences of American torture http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/07/27/the-unintended-consequences-of-american-torture/ Reporter & Producer Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:31:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jina http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/07/27/the-unintended-consequences-of-american-torture/#comment-141 jina Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:18:06 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=710#comment-141 I hear you on that, Rob. I wouldn't give this to someone looking for an analysis of Darfur, for sure. But I'm not sure Hari should be on the hook for original analysis; it's a memoir of a translator and he doesn't pretend it's much more, so I'll cut him some slack. (At the same time, I have real concerns about the voice--and the role of his Western friends whom he credits in the intro to shape it, without saying too much about what they did. I'd have to meet him to know, but there's a very fine line between the simplicity of the voice and the infantilization of its author. Did you feel this? I mean, I loved the line about camels, but that's also an example of what I'm talking about here.) This torture moment socked me, though, in a way I usually trust. Though I can't think that it has any particular characteristics that set it apart, so I may have given it too much trust. What else socked me was the driver's chat with the child soldiers about colonialism. Hmm, a next post. I hear you on that, Rob. I wouldn't give this to someone looking for an analysis of Darfur, for sure. But I'm not sure Hari should be on the hook for original analysis; it's a memoir of a translator and he doesn't pretend it's much more, so I'll cut him some slack. (At the same time, I have real concerns about the voice--and the role of his Western friends whom he credits in the intro to shape it, without saying too much about what they did. I'd have to meet him to know, but there's a very fine line between the simplicity of the voice and the infantilization of its author. Did you feel this? I mean, I loved the line about camels, but that's also an example of what I'm talking about here.) This torture moment socked me, though, in a way I usually trust. Though I can't think that it has any particular characteristics that set it apart, so I may have given it too much trust.

What else socked me was the driver's chat with the child soldiers about colonialism. Hmm, a next post.

]]> By: Rob Crilly http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/07/27/the-unintended-consequences-of-american-torture/#comment-140 Rob Crilly Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:42:48 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=710#comment-140 I thought this was a great read but then wondered how authentic his voice was at moments like those. The patchy analysis in the book read like it had been lifted from the Save Darfur website. I thought this was a great read but then wondered how authentic his voice was at moments like those. The patchy analysis in the book read like it had been lifted from the Save Darfur website.

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