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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsK&R if you think Cheney should be waterboarded
a meta thread, but relevant, imho
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But that those who have done so should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law?
God DAMN it! There's that fucking attachment to the Constitution again. When, oh when will I get over it? It just sneaks up on a fellow at the most unexpected times. You'd think I'd be over that by now, since we have a constitutional scholar in the White House and everything, so there's no way what we've done in the past and what we're doing right now are in any way illegal.
Capitalocracy
(4,307 posts)I wouldn't even waterboard Cheney.
Not that I'd necessarily feel bad for him if it did happen, but I would not do it or sanction it.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)I don't have a taste for that.
--imm
surfdog
(624 posts)if the person being tortured says he isn't being tortured ?
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)I'm pretty sure that Dick said he likes it.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Response to Electric Monk (Original post)
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pintobean
(18,101 posts)That's so far.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)The whole point of the issue is that I do NOT want Cheney waterboarded, despite his being an evil man.
Anyone who wants Cheney waterboarded is a terrible hypocrite on the issue, since if it is good for Cheney then why wouldn't it be good for Kahlil Sheik Mohammed? (I am not looking up the spelling... everyone knows who I mean.)
spanone
(135,637 posts)prosecute
mrdmk
(2,943 posts)but that is not as much fun for the wicked.
marmar
(76,985 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)The premise that anyone should be tortured is, quite frankly, disgusting.
11 Bravo
(23,922 posts)perhaps the chance for him to offer a truly informed opinion might be in order.
OK, not really. OF COURSE IT'S FUCKING TORTURE! And Cheney is a lying shitstain. (Still, every now and then I have to let my evil demons come out and play for a while.)
EFerrari
(163,986 posts)JVS
(61,935 posts)Ineeda
(3,626 posts)Maybe his electric "heart" would short out.
A-Schwarzenegger
(15,596 posts)is against torture.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)A-Schwarzenegger
(15,596 posts)of the poor duck tape.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)You're right. What was I thinking?
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)the contamination would be so bad Yucca Flats couldn't handle it and Cheney would just laugh because even death is scared to take him.
sakabatou
(42,083 posts)I'd rather see him in the Hague.
treestar
(82,383 posts)He should volunteer, like Christopher Hitchens did.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)In any case, i say yes.
Festivito
(13,452 posts)Following his death penalty, life in forfeit, judicial decision.
But, no more times than were inflicted on others during his watch.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)given a fair trial and if found guilty then maybe hanged like they did Saddam
dickthegrouch
(3,151 posts)Then, when he says anything other than waterboarding, we have him by the short and curlies. The US government is VERY good at creating catch-22 situations where one is damned if the do and damned if they don't. That can be used to our advantage.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Karma is karma and DicKKK should reap the rewards of his.
arbusto_baboso
(7,162 posts)As much as I feel he may deserve it, I could never condone it.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)No one should be tortured.
barbtries
(28,703 posts)i think prison. i'm not really okay with torture even if it is a proven enemy.
Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)Thanks for the thread, Electric Monk.
libodem
(19,288 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)I would rather see him tried by the world court for war crimes and then put into prison or at least exiled from the North American continent. Let him try to find a safe haven any where else. He will be hunted like an animal by those who blame him for deaths to their family members because of his ill-begotten wars. I believe it would be a fitting end to this man who was also a hunter.
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)... lowering myself to the level of inhuman scum like Cheney, is something I would never do.
just1voice
(1,362 posts)It's a crime against humanity.
Mira
(22,378 posts)prosecution, immediately, I'm very much in favor of.
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)I think Cheney should be put in a windowless cell with a solid door that contains nothing but a toilet, a sink, two sleeping bags and George W. Bush. And I think they should lose the key right after putting them in there.