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Or, allow government officials to publicly and openly order the use of torture, with one caveat: anything done to the tortured will be done to the official. Too
by hx87 10y ago
Or, allow government officials to publicly and openly order the use of torture, with one caveat: anything done to the tortured will be done to the official. Too high a price to pay, you say? Then the situation is not dire enough to warrant torture.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 10y agoActually not a bad idea. Given that a journalist voluntarily underwent water boarding (Hitchens [0]) I have no doubt that in a real life ticking bomb scenario there would at least be one person willing to undergo water boarding in order to do it to the suspect terrorist. It would also prevent the sliding slope into the real nasty stuff as it is less likely someone would be willing to undergo the torture that permanently maim you. 0. http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/08/hitchens200808 http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/08/hitchens200808