ATG wrote:
9-11
In the instance of this one example maybe... but in terms of the principle in general, no. I disagree with the existence of any system that allows room for the possibility of innocent people being tortured.FEOS wrote:
Then what are you crying about? Those two were proven and admitted terrorists. So all the teeth-knashing you've been doing has been--by your own words here--completely unnecessary.Braddock wrote:
I've said many times before that I couldn't really give a shit what happens to actual proven terrorists... what worries me is a system that does not worry about legitimately proving whether a person is a terrorist or not and just proceeds straight to the torture.
Again, what are you crying about? There is no proof (or even evidence beyond hearsay) that any "innocent" people have been questioned in this manner.Braddock wrote:
In the instance of this one example maybe... but in terms of the principle in general, no. I disagree with the existence of any system that allows room for the possibility of innocent people being tortured.FEOS wrote:
Then what are you crying about? Those two were proven and admitted terrorists. So all the teeth-knashing you've been doing has been--by your own words here--completely unnecessary.Braddock wrote:
I've said many times before that I couldn't really give a shit what happens to actual proven terrorists... what worries me is a system that does not worry about legitimately proving whether a person is a terrorist or not and just proceeds straight to the torture.
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Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular