--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> 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. > > P.S.: In the (vanishingly unlikely) case of Dershowitz's > ticking-bomb scenario, of course the interrogator might > decide the chance to save 100,000 lives was worth the > risk of breaking the Geneva Convention rules. >
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