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Thu Dec-18-08 05:10 PM
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Would you support the waterboarding of bush & cheney to extract information? |
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No, I don't support waterboarding, it's torture.
Or, Yes, strap them fuckers down and turn on the h2o.
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:12 PM
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:12 PM
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2. Well, there are two schools of thought on this... |
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One is correct, but the other would be very tempting.
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:13 PM
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3. How do you torture a man with no brain |
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no feelings? no emotions?
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:13 PM
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4. To extract information... |
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nah but for kicks I'd have it performed repeatedly.
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:13 PM
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:13 PM
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6. Hey, if they're for waterboarding, why would I want to keep them from enjoying their |
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:14 PM
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:14 PM
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8. I'm not sadistic so no I wouldn't |
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torture does not give actionable information.
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:28 PM
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23. Plus, whenever you say "torture" around Cheney, he sprouts his megaboner |
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He's practically torture-proof that way.
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:15 PM
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9. What information are we talking about here? |
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The way I see it, there's enough to hang him on without torture. He doesn't even have to say anything.
But to answer your question, unless the information was very vital, like safety of the world at stake vital, then no, I wouldn't support it.
I would however, waterboard him just for fun. LOL, just kidding. Maybe.
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:15 PM
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10. Note the difference between supporting YOU doing it vs supporting the STATE doing it... |
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But in this case I wouldn't support either.
There's still a difference, though, even if my judgments happen to coincide.
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:16 PM
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11. No, I don't support waterboarding, it's torture. |
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:16 PM
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12. Absolutely not. Torture is wrong (AND worthless) no matter the motive. nt |
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:17 PM
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If it's wrong, it's wrong. Torture brooks no nuance, if we have retaken our nation only to adopt the methods of the enemy then we are as worthy of derision as they are, and are truly equally complicit in the death of democracy.
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:17 PM
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14. You hold 'em down, I'll get the hose |
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:17 PM
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15. to extract information... or |
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just for fun? :evilgrin:
Ok, Ok, just kidding... (I think)
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:18 PM
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16. Payback's a bitch ....... |
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:20 PM
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17. Maybe "one more time?" |
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Strap them down and pour water down their throats screaming all the while, "DID YOU DO 9/11? DID YOU DO 9/11?" When they finally say "yes" (and they will), hold that up as "proof" Bush and Cheney were behind 9/11. When the freepers and neo-cons go apeshit and declare the confessions invalid because Bush and Cheney were "tortured," remind them it wasn't torture but "enhanced interrogation." The right-wingers will throw their hands up and finally admit defeat before the cool, steadfast logic of progressives, and both sides of the argument will agree that waterboarding is and always has been, indeed, "torture."
And I would use dirty toilet water...
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:22 PM
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18. My soul is not as dark as theirs and leaders that supported their decisions. |
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:25 PM
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:25 PM
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20. not for information . . . |
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:26 PM
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:26 PM
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22. Pfff, like you're gonna get any useful intel out of monkeyboy |
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And Cheney? Shit, he'd consider it a form of foreplay. If you're looking to torture for actionable intelligence, I suggest walking up behind Doug Feith and saying "Freeze, punk, we're taking you the Hague!"
He'd flip faster than a pancake on a hopping rabbit.
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:28 PM
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24. Interesting to see the responses of those who believe torture is OK |
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if THEY do it.
Bzzzt. Back to Ethics 101.
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:30 PM
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25. It would be OK to waterbaord them because they don't think it's torture. |
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:42 PM
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26. Yes. They don't believe it's torture anyway. |
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They'd probably enjoy it. :shrug:
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:49 PM
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27. only if it was in public, like nationally televised |
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Edited on Thu Dec-18-08 05:49 PM by stuntcat
and done by mad old ladies.
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Thu Dec-18-08 09:38 PM
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You can't get information from someone who is brain dead :-)
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