Reply #14: Even if he is saying it just to shock people, it's still true that there [View All]

[atommom]

are many who will hear and agree. I'm seeing more and more of this harsh punitive attitude (which used to be mostly restricted to grumpy old men no one listened to). Is it a political tactic? If harsh punishment is what we need to set people right, then rendition and torture aren't so bad ... they're disciplinary tactics for people who have been bad. Likewise, protesters need to be punished, too. Anyone, in fact, who isn't acting like a True American needs a good beating or three. THEN our society will be right with God.

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If you follow this argument to its logical conclusion, it's pretty damn creepy.