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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

rendering

Wait, are they melting people down to make soap now? Fight Club wasn't just a meme then...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Extraordinary Rendition is the euphemism from the aughts from which the movie Rendition was titled. It means taking your detainee somewhere else, often across national borders, to a black site, usually to do things there for plausible deniability (e.g. we don't torture in the United States )

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Looks like I missed that movie, I'll have to check it out.

And I don't think I've ever heard the term "rendering" used in that context, I guess we just used other terminology. Thanks!