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Old 09-20-2006, 10:13 AM   #1796
Tyrone Slothrop
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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
I've said it, as has Taxwonk. Stop pretending we haven't.

Because it is immoral. It is wrong. I think it is likely to be largely ineffective -- AND will result in torture of many innocents (or relative innocents) along with the guilty.

(Kind of like the death penalty, in my view, in that if we had perfect information, I think I'd be much more willing to abide it, because I'm not an absolutist.)

We should not do it.
2. And, Slave, if you think that you need to post pictures of 9/11 because someone here has forgotten, you can stop.

BTW, it's possible for people to be horrified by 9/11 and by waterboarding and by the idea that our own government wants to be able to lock people up for whatever reason without ever giving them a chance to go to court.

Hank, you never lack for serious points, but lately you bury them under all sorts of other tripe. See you on the FB.
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