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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:54 AM Original message |
Amnesty International: Obama "condoning torture" |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. He did no such thing. He in fact did the exact goddamn opposite. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Amnesty International are "idiots"?? Wow. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Well, whoever wrote this memo is. |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Whoever wrote that statement or signed off on it is an idiot. |
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SLSmith (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Vid: CIA Torture Techniques: Stress Position & Water Boarding (Amnesty International) |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. I do not believe the torture has actually stopped. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. sigh. we are still the bad guys. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. hope you won' be so quick to just accept their take- |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Oh how nice of him, he's telling us which fundamental rights he's going to obey. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. sorry, I'm not |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm a supporter of AI but I think the've gone over |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. It is a broad brush swipe, I agree, yet the expressed concerns seem justified |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yeah, and monkeys might fly out of my ass. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. if you really believe your last 2 sentences, then can I ask |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I'm going to hope |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yep. It's OK to torture if your boss says it's OK. The Eichmann defense. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. WA POST: Another Delicate Compromise From Obama |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Can we compromise on the matter of torture? |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. so, what is your solution? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Think about this... |
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bob4460 (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. a great song for this |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. We lost our moral compass in the name of empire |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. One thing about empires, the propaganda makes you believe there IS a moral compass. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. It hasn´t, that's part of the problem |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Kick and I certainly would have recommended it if I could have. |
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