Today's article was a rather conflicting read. Not in the sense that it was written in a conflicting way, but just my personal reaction. The article is about detainees in Guantanamo Bay that may be moved to the U.S. Although these people are terrorists and even "self-proclaimed masterminds of Sept. 11 attacks" after reading about the conditions in federal supermax prisons I almost felt bad for them. The only word to describe my feelings after reading this article is conflicted.
The article did a good job of giving a lot of information frankly and without trying to pull at heartstrings (or for that matter without making it seem as though the detainees deserved nothing better). The reporter Peter Finn took information and opinions from a number of different sources ranging from President Obama to the lawyers of detainees. Although my reaction to the article wasn't a definite opinion in either direction, the fact that reading the article even made me feel anything at all means something. I'm always impressed when an author or a reporter or even a poet can string together words and information and make the reader feel something- anything.
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