Metal Health - According to

Metal Health - According to this MSNBC report, the military is using heavy metal music and kiddie songs to break suspects' resistance under interrogation:

THE IDEA, says Sgt. Mark Hadsell, is to break a subject’s resistance by annoying that person with what some Iraqis would consider culturally offensive music. The songs that are being played include “Bodies” from the Vin Diesel “XXX” movie soundtrack and Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.” “These people haven’t heard heavy metal before,” he explains. “They can’t take it.” Few people could put up with the sledgehammer riffs of Metallica, and kiddie songs aren’t that much easier, especially when selections include the “Sesame Street” theme and some of purple dinosaur Barney’s crooning.

Instapundit says:

WHAT WILL AMNESTY SAY? Is the Barney song torture?

Ask any parent. . . .

Dunno, Insta. When I was a home-during-the-day dad, when my daughter was a little girl (I worked nights), that Barney theme meant a half-hour respite, twice a day, where I could go to the bathroom, cook a meal, read a book without having to entertain a year-old girl.

But if you're a prisoner, I agree - wait'll Arthur Kustler hears about this.

Oh wait - he's dead. Never mind.

Posted by Mitch at May 18, 2003 05:59 PM