--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: <snip> > > Spair What I wrote above on the first line came almost verbatim > > from a poster on this list a couple of years ago when torture was > > discussed before. They believed that terrorist suspects should > > have all the rights of an American citizen being accused of a > > crime and that they were innocent until proven guilty. > > You keep forgetting the context, MDixon. This is > Dershowitz's hypothetical, in which we have someone > we are dead certain is a terrorist with information > about a nuclear bomb set to go off in an American > city within hours. > > > Of course they didn't say where they would stand if they were > > tried and found guilty of being a terrorist. But I have no doubt > > that same person would still object to any forced interrogation > > that might be *uncomfortable* for them. > > Any interrogations should follow Geneva Convention > rules, of course.
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