The Daily Show - Guantanamo Baywatch

Jon discusses Guantanamo Bay with the help of a certain puppet detainee.
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Well, I agree that torture and imprisonment cause people a lot of pain, and that they shouldn't be downplayed or made to seem less horrible than they are, but I don't think this bit does that. Yes, a detainee version of a cute cuddly muppet from Sesame Street is rather silly, but Stewart's comments are meant to be sarcastic and shouldn't be seen as his approval of how the U.S. government is handling the situation.

Besides, humor and satire are a valid way of trying to make sense of serious and distressing issues, or at least coming to terms with them.

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