On Apr 21, 2009, at 9:40 PM, David P. Henderson wrote: > > On 21 Apr 2009, at 20:57, Chris Gehlker wrote: > >> On Apr 21, 2009, at 7:59 PM, Roger Howard wrote: >> >>> But the reality is that interrogation has its place; the question is >>> about the extent to which it can be useful. >> >> I think the question has been answered and the answer is that it is >> never useful. > > > Bull, you are both talking about interrogation and torture as if they > are one and the same. They are not. Interrogation is necessary and > does produce positive results. Torture on the other hand has been > scientifically demonstrated to be unreliable. The US Military has > very specific interrogation techniques that take time but produce > generally reliable results and they do not as a rule rely on > stressing the subject but involve introducing positive feedback from > the subject by finding points of commonality from which to build > empathy. I'm sure there a better more detailed explanations than mine.
I agree completely. It's just that when Roger said "interrogation" it was clear from context that he meant 'enhanced interrogation', the new euphemism for torture. - God must have loved the people in power, for he made them so much like their own image of him. -Kenneth Patchen _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
