On 3/19/2011 6:48 PM, steve harley wrote:
On 2011-03-19 13:20 , P. J. Alling wrote:
Once again, you are postulating torture for torture sake. There's no
percentage in it. The Government gains nothing and can lose everything.
apparently, the US government has figured out its percentages on
torture outcomes and decided it's worth doing as long as the blame can
be deflected somewhat; don't ask me for the analysis that led to this
conclusion
Rational beings don't risk that.
governments, like corporations, are not "rational beings", they are
subject to a decision-making dynamic that can defy rationality in
startlingly different ways than human beings themselves defy rationality
It's not the government that's rational, but the humans who run it and
do it's bidding that are. If you think that there are no consequences
improper behavior should, just ask the General in charge of Abu Ghraib,
she no longer has a career in the US military, the subordinates that
were directly responsible were court-martialed and most received long
prison sentences. If Manning is being mistreated it will come out and
heads will roll. Maybe not the heads you want to roll but someone in
the chain of responsibility will pay. Hell, the US Navy just relieved
the Skipper of the Enterprise for actions he took as the executive
officer, that didn't even come close to mistreating a prisoner. His
immediate superiors who knew of his actions and tacitly allowed them to
continue will be taking early retirement with loss of pay and rank.
Their careers ruined as his.
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