> I didn't say the New Yorker is hyperliberal. I said that the idea that solitary confinement is torture is hyperliberal Your exact words were, "only a tiny mi

> I didn't say the New Yorker is hyperliberal. I said that the idea that solitary confinement is torture is hyperliberal Your exact words were, "only a tiny minority of hyperliberals would consider to be true". Since I had linked to the New Yorker which explores the issue in depth and gives significant credence to the idea, your aspersion quite apparently included the New Yorker. To say that it didn't is either revisionist, or you weren't clear with what you originally wrote. The New Yorker is a mainstream liberal publication. > That's absolutely irrelevant to Constitutionality. Agreed, but you also ignored the question about cruelty. I brought up those other points to make it clear that I'm not hyperliberal, not even necessarily liberal. I think it's good for our economy if ex-cons are able to work. I believe the New Yorker and J. Law & Policy articles make a strong case for cruelty.