> Among the detainees who suffered severe mistreatment was Hussein Onyango Obama, the grandfather of U.S. President Barack Obama. According to his widow, British soldiers forced pins into his fingernails and buttocks and squeezed his testicles between metal rods and two others were castrated.
> Despite this, he said that in order for abuse to remain legal, Mau Mau suspects must be beaten mainly on their upper body, “vulnerable parts of the body should not be struck, particularly the spleen, liver or kidneys”, and it was important that “those who administer violence … should remain collected, balanced and dispassionate”. **He also reminded the governor that “If we are going to sin”, he wrote, “we must sin quietly.”**
Well, Eric Griffith-Jones sounds like a dick.
He’s sat on land his family stole in 1066 so you won’t get any help there I’m afraid.
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[You learn something new every day.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_rebellion) This really wasn’t that long ago.
God damn, we interned Obama’s granddad.
> Among the detainees who suffered severe mistreatment was Hussein Onyango Obama, the grandfather of U.S. President Barack Obama. According to his widow, British soldiers forced pins into his fingernails and buttocks and squeezed his testicles between metal rods and two others were castrated.
> Despite this, he said that in order for abuse to remain legal, Mau Mau suspects must be beaten mainly on their upper body, “vulnerable parts of the body should not be struck, particularly the spleen, liver or kidneys”, and it was important that “those who administer violence … should remain collected, balanced and dispassionate”. **He also reminded the governor that “If we are going to sin”, he wrote, “we must sin quietly.”**
Well, Eric Griffith-Jones sounds like a dick.
He’s sat on land his family stole in 1066 so you won’t get any help there I’m afraid.