If I went on a hunger strike against the war, would the Gestapo come

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

and force feed me like they do in Gitmo?

Just a question.

[neweurope]

1. No.The Gestapo would make sure that nobody would report on your strike.

One dissident less, nobody the wiser.

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

4. Too true.

Fucking bastards.

[Mythsaje]

2. They'd simply ignore you...

unless, of course, you chained yourself to the White House fence.

[acmejack]

3. Yeah, the FBI would come to your house and force feed two weeks

worth of food in the form of a gigantic suppository. You would be glad to eat on your own after that, it's the tray that is so rough:}

[bobbieinok]

5. force feeding of suffragettes in Britain

(from PBS series on the Great War)

....

"A Suffragette was taken out of her cell, was taken to the hospital ward of the prison. She was held down and often food was just pushed into her mouth, but she could spit it out.

"So the next two measures were the ones that were most used. One was the nasal tube. The nasal tube was where liquid food was poured down a funnel and gradually food trickles down into the back of the throat. Sylvia Pankhurst was rather unusual in the sense that she went on hunger, thirst, and sleep strikes. She wouldn't eat, she wouldn't drink, and she wouldn't go to sleep. She just paced her cell continuously. Of course her health broke down.

"We know that it had a psychological impact on women. Some women's health suffered quite a major breakdown. Very often the food went down the wrong way and the lungs filled with food, and there was pleurisy and pneumonia. There is a serious health risk, apart from the psychological damage, that this kind of experience could have on women."