9. I apologize for the hyperbole of last night's OP.
It was late and I was not at my most coherent. I will rephrase it by saying that I've seen what appears to me to be a degree of uncritical admiration for the man on this forum. Running an advance search with the keywords "Sam Harris" turned up 60 threads not including this one. His books and essays are promoted with a high enough degree here that I felt it worthwhile to present a different side of the coin.
I didn't go out looking for dirt on Sam Harris. Someone else posted a link to this essay in GD last night, and I was frankly shocked. I posted it here because I thought it would probably provoke more interest and discussion on this forum than on GD, and because I find any defense or attempted justification of torture to be horrifying, particularly when it comes from someone ostensibly on our side.
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