On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:47 PM, denstar wrote: >> >> And I see that you feel the pros outweigh the cons. >> And I'm saddened by that. >> At least in this context. =] > > I am saddened by the fact that you would have rather seen Los Angeles > destroyed.
False dichotomy, my friend. You have no way of proving torture was the only way of getting this "valuable" (so says the people who o.k.ed the torture, we should add) information. >From the thing you posted, actually, it sounds like he wanted to talk from the beginning. (Pride or ego perhaps.) I'd torture the guy who was unnaturally quiet, personally. For the dude "hinting ominously"? A cheeseburger or whatever. Maybe fake him out, like in "The Unit", where they made the dude think the attack had already happened, so he gave up the "now useless" information. Does justifying the deed make people feel less bad about condoning it, perhaps? "We had no other choice-- what, you *wanted* L.A. to be destroyed? I bet you hate children too! See, really, *you're* the monster!" Not that people who condone torture are monsters-- hell, I bet most Nazis weren't much different than you or I, when we get down to brass tacks. -- The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America. Allan Blo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295816 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
