> There's really no doubt that it's torture. > > The question is: Can you still do it, if you know the person is harboring > information that could save lives?
When WW2 was over we prosecuted German and Japanese Military for doing this very thing to prisoners. It was called torture then and was considered a war crime. "We're" supposed to be better than this. It's supposed to be "the other side" that does this, and when "they" do, we're supposed to be outraged. But when it is "us," when it is "we," it is supposed to be "Patriotic(TM)" and "The American Way (R)" to say nothing, to look the other way. It's pretty simple. If "we" do it, "they'll" do it. And how the fuck are we supposed to justify prosecuting the "They" without prosecuting the "We"? Oh, wait, "we" win, "they" lose, so it doesn't really matter what "we" did... That's fucking childish. Time and time again it has been shown that the ends do not justify the means. I probably make Baby Jesus(TM) cry, since I obviously "Hate America (TM)", opposing torture in any form the way I do. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249366 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
