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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:20 PM Original message |
"But if we knew an attack was imminent, couldn't we torture for info?" |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. um ... they had all kinds of information of imminent attacks on the U.S. ... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I don't understand your "um". THEY are the ones arguing that TORTURE was needed for the info you |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. How about a "ticking time bomb" exception? But the torture has to be televised in place of "24" |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. We should Water Plank them PUB BULLIES into admitting devious and criminal activities |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. The moral question is how many innocent people must be tortured to hopefully discover one plot? |
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Bad Thoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. OBFUSCATION!!! |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. YOU ARE NOT JACK BAUER, THIS IS NOT "24", AND SITUATIONS LIKE THIS DO NOT HAPPEN. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. For the record my response was supposed to be sarcastic and I should have used the smiley. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I know. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Dammit. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well if you've been torturing someone for months wouldn't that 'imminent' |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. Even if we take this mad leap of logic |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Post title isn't quoting MY ideas; I'm quoting THEIRS. And I don't watch "24". |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. I believe the question is, If we knew an attack was imminent because the President had |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. "could it be because Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Wolfowitz, et al. are CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATHS?" |
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