Rough Justice

I couldn’t help but notice a contrast between the hands of two men in the media in the last 24 hours.

In the Super Bowl half time show last night, Mick Jagger’s limbs, pelvis, head, mouth – everything – moved in unbelievable possibilities on the Rolling Stones’ giant pack-n-play mouth-n-tongue stage.


AP Photo/Amy Sancetta

Today Abdel Fattah Abdel Razek was shown on the front page of the New York Times online. He’s a Sunni captive in Iraq, being questioned with questionable methods by Iraqi police, even as our own US methods of investigation are being reviewed.

Regardless of what one thinks of American patriotism, the comparison of lifestyles and freedoms is wrenching.

Note: Apparently even Mick Jagger's freedoms are limited, well, at least our freedom to hear what he sang. A few of his sexually explicit lyrics were censored by ABC (remember JJ's "wardrobe malfunction"?).

Original hands photo by Ashley Gilbertson (I cropped it)