Saffron Prisoners on Parade

I want to thank the New York Times for the gift of the Saffron Prisoners Picture (FrontPage; 3/4/05 www.nytimes.com). As we ween ourselves from the departure of Cristo's gates, what a delight to see saffron-clad detainees artfully arranged in symetrical groups of three. What do they mean? Perhaps they mean injustice and a violation of the Geneva Convention? Who can say? They are Bush and Rumsfeld's gift to us! Some cavil that they cost millions, or perhaps hundreds of billions. To these naysayers I say, you do not understand---as long as they mean something to Bush, Rumsfeld, Gonzalez and Cheney, that's enough for me.