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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-15-07 01:00 PM
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16. Torture is simply concrete population control.
If they were serious about al Qaida, they'd be in Northwest Pakistan right now -- where a new and improved training campus for multinational volunteers is being developed.
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  -Let us be clear. Torture is NOT an interrogation technique. MN Against Bush  Dec-15-07 11:45 AM   #0 
  - I wish it were so simple, but the opposition is sincere  Fredda Weinberg   Dec-15-07 11:54 AM   #1 
  - So unreliable info is useful? how so?  MN Against Bush   Dec-15-07 11:57 AM   #2 
  - Why don't you wait for an answer before insulting?  Fredda Weinberg   Dec-15-07 04:02 PM   #27 
     - Torture is always wrong, don't tell me otherwise.  MN Against Bush   Dec-15-07 04:21 PM   #30 
        - And I can't avoid historical reality, however I want things to have been different  Fredda Weinberg   Dec-15-07 11:28 PM   #33 
  - The motive of torture is to terrorize and to make the torturer feel good. nm  rhett o rick   Dec-15-07 01:55 PM   #21 
     - You are wrong. The torturer does not get gratification. This is not S&M  Fredda Weinberg   Dec-15-07 04:05 PM   #28 
        - No matter how 'sincere' the torturer, torture is fucking barbaric and ILLEGAL.  sicksicksick_N_tired   Dec-15-07 11:42 PM   #35 
        - You're diluting the issue. I'm not interested in the professionals who  Fredda Weinberg   Dec-16-07 12:21 AM   #36 
        - Sorry I disagree. For an individual to torture another human being, they must be sick. Are you  rhett o rick   Dec-17-07 12:15 AM   #42 
  - If the U.S. tortures, our soldiers will be tortured when they are captured.  patrice   Dec-15-07 11:58 AM   #3 
  - I would love to see all the torture supporters in our government asked the question...  MN Against Bush   Dec-15-07 12:00 PM   #4 
  - Ultimate proof of no matter how you define "Victory", it doesn't  patrice   Dec-15-07 12:20 PM   #6 
  - Or, ask them what they think of the torture of American citizens  sfexpat2000   Dec-15-07 12:49 PM   #12 
  - Easy for them to answer. We are good and they are bad. What we do is for good  rhett o rick   Dec-15-07 01:57 PM   #22 
  - Do unto others...  gulliver   Dec-15-07 12:40 PM   #8 
  - It doesn't matter because the Bush mafia doesn't care about our troops  Raksha   Dec-15-07 01:04 PM   #18 
  - ...And we will be laughed at when we try to prosecute such war crimes. n/t  Orsino   Dec-17-07 08:13 AM   #50 
  - Having had a job where I routinely  realpolitik   Dec-15-07 12:10 PM   #5 
  - You've either imagined that in excruciating detail or it's true.  patrice   Dec-15-07 12:35 PM   #7 
  - Didn't you see the reference to "ER" in that post?  Raksha   Dec-15-07 12:57 PM   #15 
  - This is an approach I have not seen before.  old guy   Dec-15-07 12:45 PM   #9 
  - Please accept my apology.  patrice   Dec-15-07 01:09 PM   #19 
     - It's ok man.  realpolitik   Dec-15-07 09:08 PM   #32 
        - I do Level 1 ER too... hello :-)  K Gardner   Dec-15-07 11:34 PM   #34 
           - How long you been at it?  realpolitik   Dec-16-07 12:55 AM   #37 
              - Twenty years, give or take a day or two. I take a breather  K Gardner   Dec-16-07 01:06 AM   #38 
  - no, it's torture. only a criminal would try to redefine his crime  spanone   Dec-15-07 12:46 PM   #10 
  - There is another element here that is important.  sfexpat2000   Dec-15-07 12:47 PM   #11 
  - K & R - You are absolutely right!  Raksha   Dec-15-07 12:53 PM   #13 
  - It is if "bad information" is the objective.  dailykoff   Dec-15-07 12:56 PM   #14 
  - Torture is simply concrete population control.  sfexpat2000   Dec-15-07 01:00 PM   #16 
  - You must have misspoken.  RufusTFirefly   Dec-15-07 01:01 PM   #17 
  - If a Democratic administration were accused of waterboarding, it would DEFINITELY be called torture.  Perry Logan   Dec-15-07 01:10 PM   #20 
  - I'm sorry, but the situation is more complicated  Fredda Weinberg   Dec-15-07 04:14 PM   #29 
  - I'll agree with your opinion, but only if you remove these electrodes from my nutsac  Bucky   Dec-15-07 01:58 PM   #23 
  - You have to be sick to be able to torture someone. Either you're sick before or you learn it from  rhett o rick   Dec-15-07 01:59 PM   #24 
  - Boiled frog  Hydra   Dec-15-07 03:05 PM   #25 
  - well put. n/t  pberq   Dec-15-07 03:22 PM   #26 
  - that the torture discussion has gone public is not an accident. the real powers that be are watching  KG   Dec-15-07 05:30 PM   #31 
  - You know, maybe this question has been answered here but I don't understand  K Gardner   Dec-16-07 01:09 AM   #39 
     - Some DUers have suggested  CJCRANE   Dec-16-07 05:43 AM   #41 
     - There were prisoners who saw cameras all over the place. n/t  sfexpat2000   Dec-17-07 05:46 AM   #44 
  - k + r n/t  deacon   Dec-16-07 05:26 AM   #40 
  - You're explanation doesn't really cut it I think.  Genanderson   Dec-17-07 12:49 AM   #43 
  - Thanks for this post. Torture IS barbarism and it's purpose IS  mmonk   Dec-17-07 06:34 AM   #45 
  - It's at least not a particularly reliable one  Hippo_Tron   Dec-17-07 06:53 AM   #46 
  - US military rejects torture because it doesn't work  OzarkDem   Dec-17-07 07:01 AM   #47 
  - The surprising force behind torture: democracies  flashl   Dec-17-07 07:45 AM   #48 
  - It's also a valuable training technique..  Orsino   Dec-17-07 08:08 AM   #49 
 

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