Dear MSNBC... Dear CNN... The word you seek is "FECES"

[arwalden]

it's not "brown substance". It's not "filth". It's not "something". It's not "dirt". It's not "mud".

The man's body is smeared head to toe with SHIT, KA KA, DOO DOO, DUNG, POOP, just TELL AMERICA WHAT IT IS!! Even if you have to use kiddie-talk or the clinical euphemism of "human waste", please be HONEST!

Is the unvarnished truth so difficult? Why are you trying to sterilize and verbally soften the truth? Just asking.

-- Allen

edit: clarity

[drthais]

1. they probably can't say the truth

by using real words
because they would be shut down by the FCC
in this new fascist society we have

[lovedems]

3. Are butts worse then boobs? eom

[Fear]

8. it's what they say here in the Netherlands on the radio & tv :S

"FECES" or mud (they let you pick the one of your choice)

[kentuck]

2. Excellent question Allen !

I heard them call it "brown substance" ! And they had his ass all blurred out but the shit was as plain as day.

[arcane1]

4. kind of like soldiers "having sex" with female and underage inmates

it's GODDAMED RAPE YOU IDIOTS!!!!

[qb]

5. NPR whores with the best of them: "Mud, or some other brown substance."

[VOX]

6. Even the good grey New York Times referred to a "brown substance"

With what we already know about specific abuses in Abu Gharaib, it should be pretty obvious what the "brown substance" is.

[trof]

7. Awww...BROWN SUBSTANCE!

Nope.
Sorry.
It just doesn't have the same "feel".

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

9. Uncle Sam's Excellent Scat Scene adventure

[KharmaTrain]

10. I Think It Was Carlin Who Said...

"it's not people discussing what they put into their bodies that's disgusting...it's what comes out".

Cheers!

[Lou_C]

11. When they go to the bathroom do they call it a Brown unknown substance

Brown unknown substance or shit, poo poo, a dump, etc.

I can hear it now...Honey i just had a brown substance attack from eating White Castles can you bring some of that white stuff to wipe with.

[Catherine Vincent]

12. Is that what that is??

I saw that pic but didn't realize it was some SHIT. How DEGRADING!!:-(

[nostamj]

13. oh c'mon....

I'm sure it was Jello Chocolate Pudding... right?

[markses]

19. LOL

Are you kidding?

[supernova]

14. BBC used "Excrement"

which is also a perfectly acceptable word.

[arwalden]

15. Those Crazy Nutty Brits...

who do they think they are using such precise language? :-)

-- Allen

[wtmusic]

16. They were obviously making brownies in the Abu Ghraib kitchen

and got into a harmless food fight. It's a prank!

[Cronus Protagonist]

18. What a load of brown substance

I think "brownies" is offensive under the present circumstances - you should have called them shit-cakes.

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[Cocoa]

17. they're still using a euphemism regarding Bush

they're calling him "President"

[joanski01]

20. But the big question really is:

Whose brown substance was it??? Did Rummy leave that when he was over there?

[mopaul]

21. it is the prisoners own shit. forced to smear it all over himself

it's obvious from teh smear patterns on him and the shit on his hands.

how is this supposed to endear us to them?

[Cronus Protagonist]

23. IMHO he had shit poured over him (graphic pic)

No way could he smear such a large load and so thickly over his own back - not only could he not reach, he would not have that much shit.

And if you look at the pattern, it appears that he must have had shit poured over his head before he had to rub it all over. My guess is that it was other prisoner's shit, or even the guards own shit. Which one would be most demoralizing? That's what it would be.

[progressivebydesign]

22. Until we invent SMELLOVISION, brown substance will pass for shit. N/T