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Originally Posted by Aramike
Are you kidding? You know how I feel now, too?
I'm not at all uncomfortable with certain forms of torture being used.
What you're attempting to do, however, is say that, because I support a very specific application of the methods, I must support all torture as a whole.
It's not that simple. I have been very specific as to what I support. And I am not at all uncomfortable with supporting it.
I don't need to redefine anything, which is why I don't bother.
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Let's say the Bloods catch a Crips gang member on their turf. The Bloods proceed to tie him up, smack him around and pour water in his nose and mouth. The cops bust in just as this Crips member is being waterboarded for the 180th time.
Are the cops going to say he wasn't tortured? What's the DA's reaction going to be? How is it going to be reported in the news? Are they going to say that the Crip didn't have his fingernails pulled out or he wasn't cut up and killed so it wasn't torture? Hell no, they're going to say he was tortured. There's no moral equivalence here. Torture is torture is torture. Just because you've changed the definition for yourself doesn't mean the definition has been changed.