LA was not saved
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No, I'm actually pretty sure trumping up a bunch of charges in order to eliminate the political opposition is much more representative of a junta than is roughing up a few terrorists to save people's lives. See, thats the part you keep leaving out. Most people kind of like having their lives saved in a way that does not in any way endanger their own freedoms and liberties.
Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.
Stan Shannon wrote:
trumping up a bunch of charges
People were tortured, there is no denying that. In the US, torture is a war crime. Nothing trumped up about any of it.
Stan Shannon wrote:
any way endanger their own freedoms and liberties.
This from someone who constantly pronounces on how the government is taking away all of our freedoms. You really believe that giving the government unlimited power to spy on you, sieze you and spirit you to a secret prison - forever if they choose - and once there torture you until you are dead or insane is a smart way to go? You don't think a government with that power will not endanger your liberties and freedoms? That is nothing short of delusional.
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BoneSoft wrote:
what drives you to obsess over this so much?
His desire for revenge and retribution on the filthy Neocons who cheated the Goreacle and Hanoi Jane's friend out of their rightful presidencies consumes him. He burns with rage that can only be quelled by the blood of every single member of the Bush administration, and every CIA, DIA and FBI bureacrat who failed to reject instructions to do their job. Nothing comes second to his partisan rage. It must be sated, even if it destroys his own party.
:laugh:
Rob Graham wrote:
It must be sated, even if it destroys his own party.
Let's hope and pray it comes to that. ;)
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BoneSoft wrote:
Says you.
Says the United States. We've convicted people for using the exact same methods of torture.
BoneSoft wrote:
with something being percieved as torture?
It is torture.
BoneSoft wrote:
So what's your stake in this?
It is a crime. Not just a crime, but a war crime. Our political leaders should not be considered above the law. It hurts us more than it helps us. As Admiral Blair said:
“The bottom line is these techniques have hurt our image around the world, the damage they have done to our interests far outweighed whatever benefit they gave us and they are not essential to our national security."
I think we are better than that. To find ourselves in the company of the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, North Vietnam and Cambodia is deeply offensive. I think an institutionalized regime of torture would seep back into the US. Just look at how quickly we witnessed the casual brutality of Lindy Englund. Abu Ghraib is the direct result of the decisions to torture.
BoneSoft wrote:
Abu Graib wasn't tourture, wasn't sanctioned,
Wrong on both counts.
oilFactotum wrote:
Says the United States. We've convicted people for using the exact same methods of torture.
Who has been arrested for causing sleep deprivation?
oilFactotum wrote:
It is torture.
There aren't that many people who think that slapping, sleep deprivation, or most of the other 'enhanced' techniques are torture. And even if they could be classified as such... Where's the line Oily? Can we still make a mean face at them? Or would that hurt their feelers and put the "international community's" sensabilities in a tizzy? Cuz at some point, I don't care who likes it or what you call it. If it doesn't leave a mark and they can walk away from it in one piece and there's no real chance of injury or death, it ain't torture. I don't care if watching the Grammies can legally be called torture, I don't care what the UN, EU, Islamic extremists, or any other international body thinks or defines. If a little slapping is enough to make them run home to mommy, then maybe they shouldn't be putting themselves in positions to be nabbed by the CIA on suspicion of terrorist activity. I'm all for us saying no torture. But let's not leave our balls at home while defining the word.
oilFactotum wrote:
It is a crime.
So is jay walking, smoking weed, tying your horse to the windmill in the middle of Main street in some places, nominating a candidate for the presidency who's not legally qualified to hold the position, and many many other things. You're not constantly harping on those.
oilFactotum wrote:
I think we are better than that. To find ourselves in the company of the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, North Vietnam and Cambodia is deeply offensive.
Agreed. We shouldn't be pulling off body parts, or hooking jumper cables to people's pink parts, or ramming things under finger nails, or starving prisoners for years, or containing them in bambo cages outside in their own filth. We should be good interogators and just slap them around a bit and keep them from sleeping.
oilFactotum wrote:
Abu Ghraib is the direct result of the decisions to torture.
Where's your evidence for that? You really think those retards wouldn't have been horsing around if they thought the CIA wasn't mean to terrorists?!? :wt
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oilFactotum wrote:
Says the United States. We've convicted people for using the exact same methods of torture.
Who has been arrested for causing sleep deprivation?
oilFactotum wrote:
It is torture.
There aren't that many people who think that slapping, sleep deprivation, or most of the other 'enhanced' techniques are torture. And even if they could be classified as such... Where's the line Oily? Can we still make a mean face at them? Or would that hurt their feelers and put the "international community's" sensabilities in a tizzy? Cuz at some point, I don't care who likes it or what you call it. If it doesn't leave a mark and they can walk away from it in one piece and there's no real chance of injury or death, it ain't torture. I don't care if watching the Grammies can legally be called torture, I don't care what the UN, EU, Islamic extremists, or any other international body thinks or defines. If a little slapping is enough to make them run home to mommy, then maybe they shouldn't be putting themselves in positions to be nabbed by the CIA on suspicion of terrorist activity. I'm all for us saying no torture. But let's not leave our balls at home while defining the word.
oilFactotum wrote:
It is a crime.
So is jay walking, smoking weed, tying your horse to the windmill in the middle of Main street in some places, nominating a candidate for the presidency who's not legally qualified to hold the position, and many many other things. You're not constantly harping on those.
oilFactotum wrote:
I think we are better than that. To find ourselves in the company of the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, North Vietnam and Cambodia is deeply offensive.
Agreed. We shouldn't be pulling off body parts, or hooking jumper cables to people's pink parts, or ramming things under finger nails, or starving prisoners for years, or containing them in bambo cages outside in their own filth. We should be good interogators and just slap them around a bit and keep them from sleeping.
oilFactotum wrote:
Abu Ghraib is the direct result of the decisions to torture.
Where's your evidence for that? You really think those retards wouldn't have been horsing around if they thought the CIA wasn't mean to terrorists?!? :wt
BoneSoft wrote:
Who has been arrested for causing sleep deprivation?
Are you really so ill informed? You have no excuse it's all been posted before. The Death Penalty was imposed[^]
BoneSoft wrote:
There aren't that many people who think that slapping, sleep deprivation, or most of the other 'enhanced' techniques are torture.
Just most of the civilized world. Outside of the hard core right that has turned the republican party into the party of torture and now equate criticism of torture as criticism of conservativism, most people recognize it has torture. Reference above, we have executed people for this.
BoneSoft wrote:
If it doesn't leave a mark and they can walk away from it in one piece and there's no real chance of injury or death, it ain't torture.
Yes, it is. US statute and the treaties we have signed (which are US law) say otherwise. Look it up. No real chance of death? Then why have so many detainees died? Repost[^]
BoneSoft wrote:
oilFactotum wrote: It is a crime. So is jay walking, smoking weed, tying your horse to the windmill in the middle of Main street in some places, nominating a candidate for the presidency who's not legally qualified to hold the position, and many many other things. You're not constantly harping on those
What an utterly dishonest response.
What oilFactotum actually wrote:
It is a crime. Not just a crime, but a war crime. Our political leaders should not be considered above the law.
BoneSoft wrote:
Where's your evidence for that?
We've been through this already. You're willful ignorance is getting tedious.
BoneSoft wrote:
horsing around
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I have never in my entire life seen anyone so willing to commit national sucicide under the guise of following some meaningless bullshit rule that is open to interpretation. I really want to hear what you have to say the next time some fucking fanatic blows some shit up. I realize it'll be Bush's fault but I want to hear you say it.
Mike - typical white guy. The USA does have universal healthcare, but you have to pay for it. D'oh. Thomas Mann - "Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." The NYT - my leftist brochure. Calling an illegal alien an “undocumented immigrant” is like calling a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist”. God doesn't believe in atheists, therefore they don't exist.
Mike Gaskey wrote:
I have never in my entire life seen anyone so willing to commit national sucicide under the guise of following some meaningless bullsh*t rule that is open to interpretation.
Seriously? You really believe that the only thing standing between us and our complete destruction as a nation at the hands of a small group of extremists is torture? Well the terrorists have definitely lived up to their name. You are indeed terrified completely out of your mind.
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Rob Graham wrote:
It must be sated, even if it destroys his own party.
Let's hope and pray it comes to that. ;)
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BoneSoft wrote:
Let's hope and pray it comes to that.
Don't assume that the destruction of the Liberals would mean that folks would suddenly have a hankering for the Bush-Cheney style of politics, either. Whatever Obama has turned out to be, he was elected because the United States had had enough to the bumbling greedy incompetence of the Republicans. The shame is that while many average citizens are worried about losing their jobs, many more are trying to figure out if they will have to work until they are 75 before they can retire, and policy wonks like you and me are looking at Iran about to go nuclear, North Korea firing ICBM, Russia on the rise, China flexing his economic and military might, and Pakistan about to become an Islamic theocracy armed with 60 nuclear weapons Washington is paralysing itself arguing about things that happened eight years ago and criminalising political differences. There can't be anyone who hates America who isn't delighted with what has happened this week.
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BoneSoft wrote:
Who has been arrested for causing sleep deprivation?
Are you really so ill informed? You have no excuse it's all been posted before. The Death Penalty was imposed[^]
BoneSoft wrote:
There aren't that many people who think that slapping, sleep deprivation, or most of the other 'enhanced' techniques are torture.
Just most of the civilized world. Outside of the hard core right that has turned the republican party into the party of torture and now equate criticism of torture as criticism of conservativism, most people recognize it has torture. Reference above, we have executed people for this.
BoneSoft wrote:
If it doesn't leave a mark and they can walk away from it in one piece and there's no real chance of injury or death, it ain't torture.
Yes, it is. US statute and the treaties we have signed (which are US law) say otherwise. Look it up. No real chance of death? Then why have so many detainees died? Repost[^]
BoneSoft wrote:
oilFactotum wrote: It is a crime. So is jay walking, smoking weed, tying your horse to the windmill in the middle of Main street in some places, nominating a candidate for the presidency who's not legally qualified to hold the position, and many many other things. You're not constantly harping on those
What an utterly dishonest response.
What oilFactotum actually wrote:
It is a crime. Not just a crime, but a war crime. Our political leaders should not be considered above the law.
BoneSoft wrote:
Where's your evidence for that?
We've been through this already. You're willful ignorance is getting tedious.
BoneSoft wrote:
horsing around
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oilFactotum wrote:
Just most of the civilized world.
Oh please. Are you saying Russia isn't civilized? China? Egypt? Israel? Saudi Arabia? Sorry. But being civilized and eschewing torture have no 1:1 relationship. Frankly, I don't think even France believes that putting a caterpillar in a box in the same room with a prisoner is torture. As a matter of fact, you might be surprised at the powers of Brigade Criminelle and the Direction centrale de la police judiciaire have.
oilFactotum wrote:
Not just a crime, but a war crime
No. A crime. We weren't at war and the people we dealt with were not soldiers. This means that Bush et al cannot claim the exigencies of war and you cannot claim that they are war criminals, either.
oilFactotum wrote:
You torture apologists can't even come up with some lame anecdotal "proof" that torture has saved even one American life.
Blair's original memo, the one he was forced to water down so you could quote it, says that about 50% of our intel on the Al Qaeda network came from these methods, including waterboarding. That doesn't make it right, but I wish to hell you kneejerks would stop using Goebbels big lie technique.
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Mike Gaskey wrote:
I have never in my entire life seen anyone so willing to commit national sucicide under the guise of following some meaningless bullsh*t rule that is open to interpretation.
Seriously? You really believe that the only thing standing between us and our complete destruction as a nation at the hands of a small group of extremists is torture? Well the terrorists have definitely lived up to their name. You are indeed terrified completely out of your mind.
oilFactotum wrote:
Well the terrorists have definitely lived up to their name. You are indeed terrified completely out of your mind.
I see. Any chance you are aware they they killed 3,000 people on September 11, 2001 and that is when and how they earned the sobriquet? Or are you saying that we don't have to worry any more? That's a hellova compliment to Bush if you are.
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Mike Gaskey wrote:
I have never in my entire life seen anyone so willing to commit national sucicide under the guise of following some meaningless bullsh*t rule that is open to interpretation.
Seriously? You really believe that the only thing standing between us and our complete destruction as a nation at the hands of a small group of extremists is torture? Well the terrorists have definitely lived up to their name. You are indeed terrified completely out of your mind.
oilFactotum wrote:
Seriously? You really believe that the only thing standing between us and our complete destruction as a nation at the hands of a small group of extremists is torture?
Not at all. Complete destruction as a nation comes about because folks like you willingly permit it. You and folks with similar opinions remind me of the Quakers of revolutionary times. Check it out.
Mike - typical white guy. The USA does have universal healthcare, but you have to pay for it. D'oh. Thomas Mann - "Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." The NYT - my leftist brochure. Calling an illegal alien an “undocumented immigrant” is like calling a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist”. God doesn't believe in atheists, therefore they don't exist.
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oilFactotum wrote:
Just most of the civilized world.
Oh please. Are you saying Russia isn't civilized? China? Egypt? Israel? Saudi Arabia? Sorry. But being civilized and eschewing torture have no 1:1 relationship. Frankly, I don't think even France believes that putting a caterpillar in a box in the same room with a prisoner is torture. As a matter of fact, you might be surprised at the powers of Brigade Criminelle and the Direction centrale de la police judiciaire have.
oilFactotum wrote:
Not just a crime, but a war crime
No. A crime. We weren't at war and the people we dealt with were not soldiers. This means that Bush et al cannot claim the exigencies of war and you cannot claim that they are war criminals, either.
oilFactotum wrote:
You torture apologists can't even come up with some lame anecdotal "proof" that torture has saved even one American life.
Blair's original memo, the one he was forced to water down so you could quote it, says that about 50% of our intel on the Al Qaeda network came from these methods, including waterboarding. That doesn't make it right, but I wish to hell you kneejerks would stop using Goebbels big lie technique.
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Knowing you for the poseur that you are, I am not suprised with your response. 1. You want to argue about the definition of civilized. 2. Use of unsupport claim of what others do to defend torture. 3. Use of a strawman to trivialize torture. 4. Try to define away warcrimes. 5. Ignore the real question and focus on the minor point of anecdotal evidence. Whether 5% or 50% or even 100% Admiral Blair also said this:
is no way of knowing whether the same information could have been obtained through other means,”
The key elements in gaining this information was their capture and interrogation. the fact that the interrogation technique that was used was torture in only incidental. For all we know we could have gotten the same information without committing war crimes. So, still no affirmative evidence that torture saved even on life that would not have otherwise been saved. More to the point still no affirmative proof that torture is essential to our survival or simply that it is more effective than legal interrogation.
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BoneSoft wrote:
Who has been arrested for causing sleep deprivation?
Are you really so ill informed? You have no excuse it's all been posted before. The Death Penalty was imposed[^]
BoneSoft wrote:
There aren't that many people who think that slapping, sleep deprivation, or most of the other 'enhanced' techniques are torture.
Just most of the civilized world. Outside of the hard core right that has turned the republican party into the party of torture and now equate criticism of torture as criticism of conservativism, most people recognize it has torture. Reference above, we have executed people for this.
BoneSoft wrote:
If it doesn't leave a mark and they can walk away from it in one piece and there's no real chance of injury or death, it ain't torture.
Yes, it is. US statute and the treaties we have signed (which are US law) say otherwise. Look it up. No real chance of death? Then why have so many detainees died? Repost[^]
BoneSoft wrote:
oilFactotum wrote: It is a crime. So is jay walking, smoking weed, tying your horse to the windmill in the middle of Main street in some places, nominating a candidate for the presidency who's not legally qualified to hold the position, and many many other things. You're not constantly harping on those
What an utterly dishonest response.
What oilFactotum actually wrote:
It is a crime. Not just a crime, but a war crime. Our political leaders should not be considered above the law.
BoneSoft wrote:
Where's your evidence for that?
We've been through this already. You're willful ignorance is getting tedious.
BoneSoft wrote:
horsing around
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oilFactotum wrote:
Are you really so ill informed? You have no excuse it's all been posted before. The Death Penalty was imposed[^]
Nice job finding an equally radical perspective that agrees with you that compares us to Nazi Germany. :rolleyes: Though that doesn't do anything for your argument.
oilFactotum wrote:
Just most of the civilized world.
What you mean is the few people who believe the same things you do. I know you fall prey to the most common liberal disease: the deeply engrained belief that your view is that of the vast majority, but let's not base an entire set of arguments on it for a change.
oilFactotum wrote:
Then why have so many detainees died?
IF the ACLU got their facts straight and reported them objectively (and that's a huge if), then that is disturbing, and all such cases should be investigated. But many of those listed were interogated and died in Iraq and Afghanastan, who did the autopsies? Also, I didn't see any cases where autopsy determined that the cause of death was slapping, sleep deprivation, or fear of caterpillars... or waterboarding for that matter. I know you take it as gospel since it supports your stance, but objectively how reliable is the information?
oilFactotum wrote:
What an utterly dishonest response.
Ilion, is that you? You claim you are so up in arms over this issue because it's a crime. It's completely valid to ask why you don't make such a stink about other crimes. It's partly my fault for trivializing with SOME examples of much lesser crimes, but the point it valid. I'm starting to believe that Rob was completely correct that this is just your best angle for a Bush witch hunt.
oilFactotum wrote:
You're willful ignorance is getting tedious.
Your Ilion impersonation is getting better. :thumbsup:
oilFactotum wrote:
So where is your affirmative proof that torture is essential to our survival?
Why do I need it? I don't care what they do as long as they are allowed to do their jobs extracting as much information as possible, it doesn't bleed into law enforcement techniques for dealing with citizens in lesser circumstances, and it's lawful. I'm not the one arguing for a chang
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oilFactotum wrote:
Seriously? You really believe that the only thing standing between us and our complete destruction as a nation at the hands of a small group of extremists is torture?
Not at all. Complete destruction as a nation comes about because folks like you willingly permit it. You and folks with similar opinions remind me of the Quakers of revolutionary times. Check it out.
Mike - typical white guy. The USA does have universal healthcare, but you have to pay for it. D'oh. Thomas Mann - "Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." The NYT - my leftist brochure. Calling an illegal alien an “undocumented immigrant” is like calling a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist”. God doesn't believe in atheists, therefore they don't exist.
Mike Gaskey wrote:
Complete destruction as a nation comes about because folks like you willingly permit it.
And how will insisting that our national ban or torture be honored permit it?
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BoneSoft wrote:
Let's hope and pray it comes to that.
Don't assume that the destruction of the Liberals would mean that folks would suddenly have a hankering for the Bush-Cheney style of politics, either. Whatever Obama has turned out to be, he was elected because the United States had had enough to the bumbling greedy incompetence of the Republicans. The shame is that while many average citizens are worried about losing their jobs, many more are trying to figure out if they will have to work until they are 75 before they can retire, and policy wonks like you and me are looking at Iran about to go nuclear, North Korea firing ICBM, Russia on the rise, China flexing his economic and military might, and Pakistan about to become an Islamic theocracy armed with 60 nuclear weapons Washington is paralysing itself arguing about things that happened eight years ago and criminalising political differences. There can't be anyone who hates America who isn't delighted with what has happened this week.
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Oakman wrote:
Don't assume that the destruction of the Liberals would mean that folks would suddenly have a hankering for the Bush-Cheney style of politics, either.
I don't. Though I hadn't put that much thought into this completely unattainable hypothetical utopia.
Oakman wrote:
he was elected because the United States had had enough to the bumbling greedy incompetence of the Republicans.
True, without ever having the revelation that it has nothing to do with Republicans but politicians in general, and Congress specifically.
Oakman wrote:
There can't be anyone who hates America who isn't delighted with what has happened this week.
Absolutely. But I'd expand that to include the last few months.
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oilFactotum wrote:
Are you really so ill informed? You have no excuse it's all been posted before. The Death Penalty was imposed[^]
Nice job finding an equally radical perspective that agrees with you that compares us to Nazi Germany. :rolleyes: Though that doesn't do anything for your argument.
oilFactotum wrote:
Just most of the civilized world.
What you mean is the few people who believe the same things you do. I know you fall prey to the most common liberal disease: the deeply engrained belief that your view is that of the vast majority, but let's not base an entire set of arguments on it for a change.
oilFactotum wrote:
Then why have so many detainees died?
IF the ACLU got their facts straight and reported them objectively (and that's a huge if), then that is disturbing, and all such cases should be investigated. But many of those listed were interogated and died in Iraq and Afghanastan, who did the autopsies? Also, I didn't see any cases where autopsy determined that the cause of death was slapping, sleep deprivation, or fear of caterpillars... or waterboarding for that matter. I know you take it as gospel since it supports your stance, but objectively how reliable is the information?
oilFactotum wrote:
What an utterly dishonest response.
Ilion, is that you? You claim you are so up in arms over this issue because it's a crime. It's completely valid to ask why you don't make such a stink about other crimes. It's partly my fault for trivializing with SOME examples of much lesser crimes, but the point it valid. I'm starting to believe that Rob was completely correct that this is just your best angle for a Bush witch hunt.
oilFactotum wrote:
You're willful ignorance is getting tedious.
Your Ilion impersonation is getting better. :thumbsup:
oilFactotum wrote:
So where is your affirmative proof that torture is essential to our survival?
Why do I need it? I don't care what they do as long as they are allowed to do their jobs extracting as much information as possible, it doesn't bleed into law enforcement techniques for dealing with citizens in lesser circumstances, and it's lawful. I'm not the one arguing for a chang
BoneSoft wrote:
Why do I need it?
As I thought. You don't have any. :rolleyes:
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BoneSoft wrote:
Why do I need it?
As I thought. You don't have any. :rolleyes:
:laugh: That's all you got from that? I didn't go find some evidence I don't need, so you think you win. :rolleyes: This concludes our periodic reminder of why I should never bother attempting a discussion with Oily. Have a great day. :)
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Mike Gaskey wrote:
Complete destruction as a nation comes about because folks like you willingly permit it.
And how will insisting that our national ban or torture be honored permit it?
oilFactotum wrote:
And how will
for starters, chasing after previous administrations to punish for redefined descriptions of torture (note #1) will hamstring current and subsequent administrations that will fear any actions they take in defense of the country will later be defined as a crime. Had the actions you currently find criminal / evil not been agreed to by all leaders, I could understand. However, what you (and Democratic leaders, and I use the term loosely) now decry was not decided and done in secrecy. Changing the definition now and prosecuting 1/2 of those who took part in the decisions (note #2) when those decisions were deemed necessary to protect the nation makes us little better than the worst bananna republic that you could name. Note #1 Torture[^] - since waterboarding, sleep deprivation and other techniques used cannot even reasonably be believed to cause pain nor could waterboarding cause suffering unless you define 40 seconds of discomfort and fear as suffering. Note #2 because it is a certainty that Saint Pelosi and scum will not be held to the new standard
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Knowing you for the poseur that you are, I am not suprised with your response. 1. You want to argue about the definition of civilized. 2. Use of unsupport claim of what others do to defend torture. 3. Use of a strawman to trivialize torture. 4. Try to define away warcrimes. 5. Ignore the real question and focus on the minor point of anecdotal evidence. Whether 5% or 50% or even 100% Admiral Blair also said this:
is no way of knowing whether the same information could have been obtained through other means,”
The key elements in gaining this information was their capture and interrogation. the fact that the interrogation technique that was used was torture in only incidental. For all we know we could have gotten the same information without committing war crimes. So, still no affirmative evidence that torture saved even on life that would not have otherwise been saved. More to the point still no affirmative proof that torture is essential to our survival or simply that it is more effective than legal interrogation.
So basically you are saying that I should not try to confuse you with the facts? I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you would prefer to misuse words, ignore definitions and generally describe a world that doesn't exist.
oilFactotum wrote:
Admiral Blair also said this: is no way of knowing whether the same information could have been obtained through other means,”
He absolutely did, but I'll bet my bottom dollar he wasn't talking about saying "pretty please."
oilFactotum wrote:
More to the point still no affirmative proof that torture is essential to our survival or simply that it is more effective than legal interrogation.
You've made no points here that I don't agree with. I probably started speaking out about torture when you were still investigating the mystery you'd just left in your diapers - since it was far more likely that I might experience it than you will ever come close to. What I object is to your classifying everything the CIA did as torture because it trivializes the impact of waterboarding. I object to your misuse of of the term "warcrime," because it places the act in a whole different - and harder to try - jurisdiction. I object to all the Move-On half-truths and prevarications you repeat as dogma. I object to your willingness to criminalize political differences regardless of what that might do to the country. And, I must admit, I object to your shrill tones as you repeat, over and over again, how much you hate this country. Carson, at least, has the excuse of not being a citizen; what's yours?
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Oakman wrote:
Don't assume that the destruction of the Liberals would mean that folks would suddenly have a hankering for the Bush-Cheney style of politics, either.
I don't. Though I hadn't put that much thought into this completely unattainable hypothetical utopia.
Oakman wrote:
he was elected because the United States had had enough to the bumbling greedy incompetence of the Republicans.
True, without ever having the revelation that it has nothing to do with Republicans but politicians in general, and Congress specifically.
Oakman wrote:
There can't be anyone who hates America who isn't delighted with what has happened this week.
Absolutely. But I'd expand that to include the last few months.
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BoneSoft wrote:
But I'd expand that to include the last few months.
I suppose that's true - though some of 'em were bitching that he wasn't moving fast enough.
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So basically you are saying that I should not try to confuse you with the facts? I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you would prefer to misuse words, ignore definitions and generally describe a world that doesn't exist.
oilFactotum wrote:
Admiral Blair also said this: is no way of knowing whether the same information could have been obtained through other means,”
He absolutely did, but I'll bet my bottom dollar he wasn't talking about saying "pretty please."
oilFactotum wrote:
More to the point still no affirmative proof that torture is essential to our survival or simply that it is more effective than legal interrogation.
You've made no points here that I don't agree with. I probably started speaking out about torture when you were still investigating the mystery you'd just left in your diapers - since it was far more likely that I might experience it than you will ever come close to. What I object is to your classifying everything the CIA did as torture because it trivializes the impact of waterboarding. I object to your misuse of of the term "warcrime," because it places the act in a whole different - and harder to try - jurisdiction. I object to all the Move-On half-truths and prevarications you repeat as dogma. I object to your willingness to criminalize political differences regardless of what that might do to the country. And, I must admit, I object to your shrill tones as you repeat, over and over again, how much you hate this country. Carson, at least, has the excuse of not being a citizen; what's yours?
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin
modified on Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:59 PM
Basically your response was bereft of facts. And your new response here is equally bereft. As there is nothing here save ad hominem attacks, we are done.