On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/24/navarrette.torture/index.html > > Interesting piece, especially this bit. He takes a shot at Obama for > abdicating his responsibility. Captain of the ship, right Gruss?
Hells yeah. You go Robert, hold the president's (this one, at least) feet to the fire about not prosecuting our interrogators for the use of torture. This whole "a commanding officer told me to do it, so I'm not responsible" argument is sad. Personally I think that the "superiors" should get the lion's share of the punishment; the higher the position, the more sever the punishment. Same goes for Obama "supporting" domestic spying. It's total bull. I don't care that I like this president, it's still wrong. On a side note: Didn't you like McCain? How did he feel about water-boarding people? Your arguments are starting to confuse me-- do you think torture can be justified, or that it can't? Are you just pissed at Obama because he's Obama, or because he seems to be upholding the idea that what we did wasn't /that/ bad (an idea which you yourself espouse quite often)? See where my confusion is stemming from? You seem to be arguing that torture is justifiable, but that Obama is abdicating his responsibility by not prosecuting. If it really is justifiable, wouldn't his stance make you happy? Why would you want the poor people who were just trying to protect their country "brought to justice"? It's like you /want/ Jack Bauer to be found guilty. He's a *hero*, you monster! :)p -- While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive. Sissela Bok ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296010 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
