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Fri Jan-23-09 10:08 AM
Response to Reply #7 |
| 15. I can just see it now. |
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Tell us where the bomb is or we will fellate you yet again!
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| -The Ticking Time-Bomb Scenario: Would you torture someone to save tens of thousands of lives? |
Ian David |
Jan-23-09 09:48 AM |
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What a disgusting |
sweettater |
Jan-23-09 09:53 AM |
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Thank you! I hope you gave it a Rec. n/t |
Ian David |
Jan-23-09 09:56 AM |
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not a chance! |
sweettater |
Jan-23-09 10:02 AM |
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It was fine by me. |
aquart |
Jan-23-09 09:57 AM |
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Kinda got me worked up. |
AzDar |
Jan-23-09 10:21 AM |
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My work here is done. Jetpack... engage! |
Ian David |
Jan-23-09 10:45 AM |
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I don't know. |
anotheryellowdog |
Jan-23-09 10:04 AM |
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While I did play some points for laughs and gross-out value, some serious points: |
Ian David |
Jan-23-09 10:08 AM |
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And the subtleties were not missed. |
anotheryellowdog |
Jan-23-09 11:00 AM |
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia |
Ian David |
Jan-23-09 12:12 PM |
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Crap! I read that?! |
anotheryellowdog |
Jan-23-09 01:58 PM |
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If you're not willing to take one up the wazzoo for America, you hate our way of life |
Bucky |
Jan-23-09 11:00 AM |
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It's also based on the false assumption that... |
phantom power |
Jan-23-09 09:58 AM |
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Do you think if we switched from torture to fellatio, people would turn themselves in to get sex? nt |
Ian David |
Jan-23-09 10:00 AM |
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I can just see it now. |
JVS |
Jan-23-09 10:08 AM |
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Too much of a good thing becomes torture. You cannot use over-fellating. |
Ian David |
Jan-23-09 10:12 AM |
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K&R for awesome. nt |
Occam Bandage |
Jan-23-09 09:58 AM |
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Anyone fanatical enough to plant that kind of bomb |
hobbit709 |
Jan-23-09 10:00 AM |
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Or they would say something like, "The bomb is in building X" when it's really... |
Ian David |
Jan-23-09 10:02 AM |
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Or . . . |
gratuitous |
Jan-23-09 10:20 AM |
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What if Timothy McVeigh had been arrested two hours before his bomb went off? |
Ian David |
Jan-23-09 10:26 AM |
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Yes indeed |
gratuitous |
Jan-23-09 11:10 AM |
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Woo hoo! |
BurtWorm |
Jan-23-09 10:07 AM |
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torture doesn't work- so NO- Its broadly understood that |
Bluerthanblue |
Jan-23-09 10:07 AM |
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Agreed. As I also pointed out in my OP. n/t |
Ian David |
Jan-23-09 10:09 AM |
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I think you're confusing confessions with information. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Jan-23-09 11:39 AM |
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Yes, I'd torture somebody to save thousands of lives |
Downtown Hound |
Jan-23-09 10:08 AM |
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Agreed. And even if he gives you wrong info, and the bomb goes off... |
Ian David |
Jan-23-09 10:11 AM |
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but how do you KNOW he has info? |
Locrian |
Jan-23-09 10:16 AM |
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Good question |
Downtown Hound |
Jan-23-09 10:59 AM |
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The question is quite difficult. |
Bu Megdi |
Jan-23-09 10:09 AM |
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false assumption, and different motives |
Locrian |
Jan-23-09 10:13 AM |
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Torture does not save lives. Torture just gives material for propaganda, and breeds new enemies. n/t |
Ian David |
Jan-23-09 10:15 AM |
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exactly |
Locrian |
Jan-23-09 10:17 AM |
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Or would you torture someone to save your own child/spouse/family? |
Oregone |
Jan-23-09 10:14 AM |
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Agreed. And this is why I am glad that there are laws that would stop me from doing that. |
Ian David |
Jan-23-09 10:18 AM |
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If Santa Claus robbed houses instead of leaving toys, would clog up your chimney |
mmonk |
Jan-23-09 10:18 AM |
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Torture is for dummies! |
Journalgrrl |
Jan-23-09 10:52 AM |
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Torture is for people who put actions before words. |
Xenotime |
Jan-23-09 10:54 AM |
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Exactly how many ticking time bomb scenarios have we had in US history? |
Bucky |
Jan-23-09 11:05 AM |
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Cheny said torture works |
Bragi |
Jan-23-09 11:26 AM |
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Possibly would, but I certainly wouldn't institutionalize it. eom |
smiley_glad_hands |
Jan-23-09 11:28 AM |
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Torture doesn't work like... |
chrisa |
Jan-23-09 11:31 AM |
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Would you torture tens of thousands to save one life? |
tuckessee |
Jan-23-09 11:32 AM |
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C'mon! This is a Capitalist system! Just offer them $$$$$$ n/t |
leftstreet |
Jan-23-09 12:16 PM |
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The end never justifies the means. |
jtrockville |
Jan-23-09 09:28 PM |
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