Dr. Frank's What's-it

A couple of good lines

A couple of good lines I wish I had thought of:

In reference to my post below (about the Independent's position that a "fast-track to paradise" wouldn't constitute "private gain" under the Geneva Convention), reader Charles Austin writes:

I wondered if perhaps everyone had forgotten about the 72 virgins. The only way this couldn't be considered a personal gain was if you had to give up 73. And even then, it is still a pretty substantial "material compensation".

Samizdata's David Carr, commenting on the Camp X-ray prisoners and British media:

The BBC has just stopped short of launching 'Taliban-Aid.' It's all a delicious irony really. Most of these Guardianistas would pay good money to be hooded, handcuffed and pushed around by big, burly men in uniform.