On 3/19/2011 3:09 PM, eckinator wrote:
2011/3/19 P. J. Alling<[email protected]>:
I deal with lawyers every day, so it's not as if I'd believe the one of them
at this point. Manning's lawyer not a neutral observer, he's an advocate,
and there's no penalty if he lies, unless he's actually in court. There's
even less penalty if the Government lies. as well. However I find the story
of torture to be unbelievable for a number of reasons not the least of which
is that there's no percentage in it There''s no new information the
military can squeeze out of him, and if he ever actually goes to trial, any
actual torture will come out.
that is why "prevention of injury watch" is so smart - the argument is
they had to do it to keep him from committing suicide. they did it for
his own good. asking someone if he is ok every five minutes around the
clock has enormous impact on mental stability in the long run.
combined with the monotony it breaksup your life into a repetitive 5
minute cycle. you lose track of time in a matter of days and temporal
disorientation is known to accelerate all sorts of other ill effects.
Once again, you are postulating torture for torture sake. There's no
percentage in it. The Government gains nothing and can lose
everything. Rational beings don't risk that. Manning is a known
prisoner. Even the most repressive government would think twice about
the public relations disaster actually torturing such a prisoner would
be. You are exhibiting a fairly paranoid attitude about this. No
officer in the US military that cared about his career would allow this
to happen, because eventually someone will have to be punished, and they
know it wouldn't be a politician.
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