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August 6, 2008 at 11:15 AM #253618August 6, 2008 at 11:26 AM #253394ShadowfaxParticipant
[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]At some point, with torture and rendition, you become what you behold. So what is the gain if we “win” the War on Terror and sacrifice all that we hold dear in the process?
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I think this is the most eloquently stated position I have seen here so far on the torture matter. Put aside all the “facts” re the usefulness and inhumanity and incredible depravity of the enterprise of putting another human being through intense physical pain–one who has questionable information or ties to anything relevant–what are we as a people if we engage in this activity? Don’t we become the the people we are supposedly fighting against? And if you are going to “fight terrorism,” can you avoid becoming a terrorist yourself if you use such methods?August 6, 2008 at 11:26 AM #253559ShadowfaxParticipant[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]At some point, with torture and rendition, you become what you behold. So what is the gain if we “win” the War on Terror and sacrifice all that we hold dear in the process?
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I think this is the most eloquently stated position I have seen here so far on the torture matter. Put aside all the “facts” re the usefulness and inhumanity and incredible depravity of the enterprise of putting another human being through intense physical pain–one who has questionable information or ties to anything relevant–what are we as a people if we engage in this activity? Don’t we become the the people we are supposedly fighting against? And if you are going to “fight terrorism,” can you avoid becoming a terrorist yourself if you use such methods?August 6, 2008 at 11:26 AM #253568ShadowfaxParticipant[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]At some point, with torture and rendition, you become what you behold. So what is the gain if we “win” the War on Terror and sacrifice all that we hold dear in the process?
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I think this is the most eloquently stated position I have seen here so far on the torture matter. Put aside all the “facts” re the usefulness and inhumanity and incredible depravity of the enterprise of putting another human being through intense physical pain–one who has questionable information or ties to anything relevant–what are we as a people if we engage in this activity? Don’t we become the the people we are supposedly fighting against? And if you are going to “fight terrorism,” can you avoid becoming a terrorist yourself if you use such methods?August 6, 2008 at 11:26 AM #253626ShadowfaxParticipant[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]At some point, with torture and rendition, you become what you behold. So what is the gain if we “win” the War on Terror and sacrifice all that we hold dear in the process?
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I think this is the most eloquently stated position I have seen here so far on the torture matter. Put aside all the “facts” re the usefulness and inhumanity and incredible depravity of the enterprise of putting another human being through intense physical pain–one who has questionable information or ties to anything relevant–what are we as a people if we engage in this activity? Don’t we become the the people we are supposedly fighting against? And if you are going to “fight terrorism,” can you avoid becoming a terrorist yourself if you use such methods?August 6, 2008 at 11:26 AM #253628ShadowfaxParticipant[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]At some point, with torture and rendition, you become what you behold. So what is the gain if we “win” the War on Terror and sacrifice all that we hold dear in the process?
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I think this is the most eloquently stated position I have seen here so far on the torture matter. Put aside all the “facts” re the usefulness and inhumanity and incredible depravity of the enterprise of putting another human being through intense physical pain–one who has questionable information or ties to anything relevant–what are we as a people if we engage in this activity? Don’t we become the the people we are supposedly fighting against? And if you are going to “fight terrorism,” can you avoid becoming a terrorist yourself if you use such methods?August 6, 2008 at 11:29 AM #253399NotCrankyParticipantI given Allan a 10 as well.
August 6, 2008 at 11:29 AM #253564NotCrankyParticipantI given Allan a 10 as well.
August 6, 2008 at 11:29 AM #253573NotCrankyParticipantI given Allan a 10 as well.
August 6, 2008 at 11:29 AM #253631NotCrankyParticipantI given Allan a 10 as well.
August 6, 2008 at 11:29 AM #253633NotCrankyParticipantI given Allan a 10 as well.
August 6, 2008 at 11:34 AM #253409ShadowfaxParticipantRegarding Hamdan’s “trial,” wtf are we prosecuting bin Laden’s driver for?!?!? Yeah, he should probably go to jail for being involved, but why so much fanfare and muscle behind it. Save it for the real criminal–like why the fuck don’t we have bin Laden by now!? What are we doing monkeying around with 16 year old detainees in Gitmo (article and video released a week or so ago) when Criminal #1 is still at large–or so we all are led to believe. The current status is either that our efforts to capture him are incredibly incompetent or we are prolonging (or obfuscating) his capture or death for political reasons, both of which are abhorrent.
August 6, 2008 at 11:34 AM #253574ShadowfaxParticipantRegarding Hamdan’s “trial,” wtf are we prosecuting bin Laden’s driver for?!?!? Yeah, he should probably go to jail for being involved, but why so much fanfare and muscle behind it. Save it for the real criminal–like why the fuck don’t we have bin Laden by now!? What are we doing monkeying around with 16 year old detainees in Gitmo (article and video released a week or so ago) when Criminal #1 is still at large–or so we all are led to believe. The current status is either that our efforts to capture him are incredibly incompetent or we are prolonging (or obfuscating) his capture or death for political reasons, both of which are abhorrent.
August 6, 2008 at 11:34 AM #253583ShadowfaxParticipantRegarding Hamdan’s “trial,” wtf are we prosecuting bin Laden’s driver for?!?!? Yeah, he should probably go to jail for being involved, but why so much fanfare and muscle behind it. Save it for the real criminal–like why the fuck don’t we have bin Laden by now!? What are we doing monkeying around with 16 year old detainees in Gitmo (article and video released a week or so ago) when Criminal #1 is still at large–or so we all are led to believe. The current status is either that our efforts to capture him are incredibly incompetent or we are prolonging (or obfuscating) his capture or death for political reasons, both of which are abhorrent.
August 6, 2008 at 11:34 AM #253640ShadowfaxParticipantRegarding Hamdan’s “trial,” wtf are we prosecuting bin Laden’s driver for?!?!? Yeah, he should probably go to jail for being involved, but why so much fanfare and muscle behind it. Save it for the real criminal–like why the fuck don’t we have bin Laden by now!? What are we doing monkeying around with 16 year old detainees in Gitmo (article and video released a week or so ago) when Criminal #1 is still at large–or so we all are led to believe. The current status is either that our efforts to capture him are incredibly incompetent or we are prolonging (or obfuscating) his capture or death for political reasons, both of which are abhorrent.
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