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tosser-001
12y ago
I'll admit, you've got me. I don't know where I would draw the line, but in the case of Qeada/ISIS, they are well across my personal fuzzy gray line.
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tosser-001
12y ago
I would also like to turn the question around though: If torture could prevent the mass killing of innocent civilians, do you see any justification in it?
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tosser-001
12y ago
Again, that to me is the crux also. If it is not effective than there is no justification. If it is, which the CIA claims it was, then I have no ethical problem with it in this limited situation
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tosser-001
12y ago
> What is different about the 9/11 attacks that legitimizes the use of torture, when you would not support it against soldiers or other criminals? They had demonstrated the practice of mass killings of innocent civilians and express
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tosser-001
12y ago
* I would never support the use of these techniques against soldiers of a legitimate state or other criminal actors. * The perpetrators of the 9-11 attacks to me represent a completely different sort of threat than has ever been encountered