Dubb-Ya and waterboarding

Letum · 03-08-08, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Oh well, this only means that we will see less "OMG OMG OMG AL QAIDA JUST TORTURED OUR SOLDIERS" threads here, because America just lost it's right to condemn torture by allowing it.

That is a tidy way of putting it.

Platapus · 03-09-08, 08:04 AM

Well one thing is for sure. George W Bush's place in history is established.

This was a bad decision.

"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency." Theodore Roosevelt, 'The Strenuous Life,' 1900

03-10-08, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Letum

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Oh well, this only means that we will see less "OMG OMG OMG AL QAIDA JUST TORTURED OUR SOLDIERS" threads here, because America just lost it's right to condemn torture by allowing it.

That is a tidy way of putting it.

Allow me to add the obligatory <AOL>Me Too!</AOL> to that statement.
Bush can't have things both ways. If it's wrong for other, third-world countries to resort to torture of another country's soldiers, then it's wrong for everyone. Can't use a case of "Oh, we know how much to torture and we know when to stop." crap. If its wrong for one, it's wrong for everyone. Sorry, Bush, you can't be selective in who can and cannot torture people.

03-09-08, 08:04 AM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,381 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Well one thing is for sure. George W Bush's place in history is established. This was a bad decision. "No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency." Theodore Roosevelt, 'The Strenuous Life,' 1900 __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.