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the G-man said:
Simmaer down jay.

The people here "supporting" torture have said they do so only in extreme circumstances, such as the one noted above.

You are saying, apparently, that even in an extreme circumstance, even if it would save the life of your loved ones, you would not want to see a terrorist tortured.

If that's your opinion, so be it. I think its wrongheaded and I think it says something about the value you place on your family, but who knows. No one's challenging your right to hold that opinion, simply questioning if, in fact, that is your opinion

You're being silly and confrontational over nothing.



Those first 2 paragraphs are correct. The 3rd and 4th I have a few problems with. I value my family dearly. If something happened to my child I doubt I could go on living. Thank you, G-man, for allowing me my opinion. 'Silly and confrontational'? Where does a societies decent into tyranny begin? If it's okay to torture your enemies in one circumstance, why not another? It's an issue of great moral concern.

Then again I know a number of lawyers into BDSM. Occupational hazard, perhaps?

BTW I'm not angry. Just my cynical, snarky self.

"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives." John Stuart Mill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. Oscar Wilde He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead.