CIA used mock executions etc.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

When it comes to torture, right? You think that torturing has a bright future in the USA?

Umm, I was referring to "the fall", as you wrote it. Not torture.

But see, what really makes you look foolish is this idea you have that, not only do some of us approve of the use of certain forms of torture in interrogations, but that we actually like it.

I don't like it. I doubt anyone here does. But, I don't find personal distaste to be the northern point on my moral compass, either.

See, frankly I'm sure you think that all of us who support limited applications of torture, under very strict guidelines, to be morally bankrupt. To that I say, oh well. Frankly, if my position is morally bankrupt, YOURS is morally DEPRAVED.

You would literally limit yourself on extracting information from a known terrorist in custody to whatever that person feels like saying, even to the risk and detriment of countless civilians. And, you'd do it just because going any further makes you feel queasy.

Hell, I'd even go for drugs to be used on such people in lieu of waterboarding, etc ... but that's torture too...

You can hate us all you want while reveling in your own percieved intellectual superiority in your little irrelevant corner of the world ... but it isn't going to change how the world really works. Somehow, we've managed to prosper as a nation of 60X the population of yours along with all of the diversity and associated problems. And we keep coming out on top.