I'm using MY definition of what I think is acceptable treatment for an enemy combatant. One that has NO rights under the rules of land warfare and could be summarily executed at any time as a spy or a saboteur.
I love the fact that I just automatically piss of the republicans and the democrats both. Dana wrote: > You are using their definition. If someone pours water up your nose > you will probably tell anyone anything you think they want to hear, > whether it is reaching your lungs or not. I am using you in the > generic sense here. Not you specifically. > > On Feb 13, 2008 11:36 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Water boarding is not torture. >> >> Cutting off fingers, electrocution, burning, beating, kicking, these are >> torture. >> >> Or to expand on the argument, while PHYSICAL torture is and should be >> banned, psychological torture isn't and shouldn't be. >> >> I mean the cops can use a lot of methods that are construed as >> psychological torture, but we'll prohibit our soldiers from doing so? >> >> Dana wrote: >>> you forgot some stuff. Defining pollution to exclude any petroleum >>> byproduct. Defining torture to exclude waterboarding. Decimating the >>> public trust. That's just off the top of my head. And lying, don't >>> forget lying. They all lie, but Bush has made a shameless career >>> strategy of it. >>> >>> On Feb 13, 2008 11:26 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> So you got nothing again but Bush this inner feeling Bush is evil, >>>>> it's called Bush derangement syndrome. :) >>>> The PATRIOT Act, Warrantless wiretapping, Operation TIPS, constant >>>> reminders about which Alert stage we're sitting at. Rendition and >>>> indefinite holding of persons without charge or counsel. >>>> >>>> Yeah, I'm the one that's deranged. >>>> >>>> I hope Bush doesn't stop too quickly your head might go all the way >>>> into his ass... :-) >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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:254188 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
