Handcuffed in Blindsight

My favorite piece of speculative fiction in 2006/2007 was Blindsight by Peter Watts, which was a darkly rich piece about the nature of thought, what it means to be human, where (as individuals) we fit in the larger world around us.

I saw this on the Awl and io9 on Friday and BoingBoing yesterday.

What it comes down to is the Watts questioned how he was being treated and then was beaten by Border Partol guards.

Yeah, we are a kinder, gentler America right now.

I suppose there is something that say authors can be beaten because they have no actionable intelligence.

The temptation to go off on a rant and demand to see the alleged video tape of the encounter and to demand that there is as judicial review process, as well as the hope for the Canadians to get involved to protect their own...

But...it would be futile.