Dershowitz agrees to LaLa interview!!!!

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

Game on!

I accept Alexandrovna's challenge to be interviewed by her, so long as there is agreement that every word of my answers will be published.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/torture-accountability-a_b_73405.html

I, for one, look forward to an unedited interview, and hope that it is conducted and published ASAP. It's about time Dershowitz's morally repugnant views on torture received a wider airing.

[NanceGreggs]

1. Oh, yeah ...

... count me in!

[Bozita]

2. YES!

[madrchsod]

3. this should really be good....

i`m trying to figure out what happened to dershowitz or maybe he was not the person i thought he was.

[theredpen]

4. Dershowitz has lost his mind

Admittedly, he has a pretty big mind, so I hope he finds it again — it's not like Bush's mind which is probably hidden behind a dust bunny under the fridge at Poppy's.

I had to stop reading at: "But empirically I know {torture} is being used and would be used by any president in any situation." Any president in any situation? Like, "I wonder if Sunday will be good for golf... have the FBI pick up a meteorologist and stick hot pokers up his ass until I get a weather report."

Dershowitz really wants us to buy this argument:

For those who claim you can't be against a practice and still favor accountability when it is done, recall the Vietnam War. I and many on the left opposed the war while at the same time demanding that, if there is to be a war, Congress must officially declare it. Or consider the death penalty. I oppose it, but since it is being carried out, I want accountability and legal procedures including an execution warrant.

So, it would have been OK if Hitler had gotten a "Genocide Warrant." Great, let's start issuing those — it will simplify so much. I mean, after all, just because we oppose genocide doesn't mean it isn't going to happen, so we might as well have a legal framework under which is can be conducted. Dershowitz can write the white paper on it.

[bleever]

5. Excellent! Larisa did an interview with Michael Ledeen

that was in-depth and informative.

This will be very interesting, in what I think will be a very constructive way.

lala: :yourock:

[dailykoff]

6. Bad deal. An unedited transcript isn't an interview,

it's a transcript of a rant. This is an offer only a dirtbag like Dershowitz would make. Maybe LaLa can still accept it by agreeing to publish an unedited transcript on a website somewhere, and still write an edited article. But it sounds like a typical trick. Dirtbag won't agree to anything reasonable but will claim he was willing to be interviewed.

[Kurovski]

7. K&R. (nt)

[bleever]

8. Kick.

:kick:

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

9. Kick

[lala_rawraw]

10. i wish we could make t-shirts...

if i were a graphic artist, this would be a fun thing to make..."on this side..." kind of like a boxing match:)

[lala_rawraw]

11. oh fyi, here is what i responded...

"Sir,

What do you mean by this: "I accept Alexandrovna's challenge to be interviewed by her, so long as there is agreement that every word of my answers will be published. I do not trust her to edit, censor, or distort my views?"

You do not know me to make such an accusation. I have yet to censor anyone whom I have interviewed, including people I strongly disagree with on any number of issues. Such was the case with Dr. Michael Ledeen, with whom I had a very lively and informative three part discussion. He and I did not agree and in fact still do not agree on many issues, but the conversations we had are important and we both represented our positions well.

Now, I don't know what has happened with your postings here on Huffington Post for you to accuse them of censorship. But I cannot imagine why you think it appropriate to extend the same allegation to me personally.

I am more than happy to interview you/have discussion/debate with you provided that you, sir, stop with these preemptive attacks on my character and work ethic. Feel free to email me so that we may setup our discussion.

Larisa"

[TroglodyteScholar]

12. Well...he should feel about this big >---< n/t

[bobthedrummer]

13. I know you won't let any fool attempt to frame the context-but they do that routinely...

[lala_rawraw]

14. fools?

or context framers?:)

[bobthedrummer]

15. lol

:)