Talk:Force-feeding

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This page simply illustrates why Wikipedia has become an unreliable source. Gavage also refers to a method of feeding that involves use of a tube through the sinus or throat for patients who are unable to feed themselves. This is a surgical term and has nothing to do with torture or animal rights. Please include this alternate definition.

Should human force-feeding (e.g. suffragettes) and the animal-rearing practice really be on the same page? --Dpr 17:12, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

In a "force-feeding" article, I believe so. Whether or not there should be a separate "force-feeding of prisoners" article is another matter, and, even so, I don't think such separate articles would be necessary. I removed the paragraph about Falun Gong. If, as it is claimed, force-feeding is practised to torture prisoners, rather than to feed them, the linked website source should substantiate that claim. However, if you would care to look for yourself, you'd see that every example given by the Falun Dafa Information Center involved the words "hunger strike", so it's evidently the case that force-feeding was used to "counter (self-)starvation", rather than for "other purposes". Given the source of this information, the Falun Dafa Information Center, and the fact that EVERY "victim" of force-feeding has claimed that there was a degree of sadism and torture, it's safe to say that this is little more than anti-communist propoganda. --213.121.151.146 07:41, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

It seems to me the references to Gitmo are NOT NPOV. They are onesided based solely on one lawyers repeating what one prisoner said are not fact based info about Force-feeding in general.

[edit] Wikisource link

The link to Wikisource was removed with the comment:

This change removes a biased anthrocentric link.

I can't make head or tail of this objection. The link is a historical document relating to force-feeding of prisoners. How is that anthrocentric? —Celithemis 09:47, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Irish hunger strikes

Force feeding was never used on prisoners with Special Category Status in Northern Ireland. To tbe best of my knowledge the only times it was used on Irish republican prisoners during the Troubles was on protesting prisoners in England (SCS only applied to prisoners in Northern Ireland), who wanted transferring to Northern Ireland and/or political status. It wasn't used during the 1980 or 1981 strikes for political reasons, it was felt it would attract too much adverse publicity. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 21:38, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Psychiatric use

Is there any evidence that psychiatric hospitals use enteral feeding with patients who refuse to eat? Surely a drip feed is used in preference? Itsmejudith (talk) 08:02, 16 May 2008 (UTC)