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Race And Gender In Politics on 2008-02-27 19:38:31 |
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whitenight
Interesting response. We'll have to wait and see how things play out.
George
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Can America Recover? on 2008-02-13 17:42:26 |
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thefranchise and whiteknight
Thanks for the comments. You've both made some interesting points.
George
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Why Torture Persists on 2008-02-03 10:35:54 |
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whiteknight,
Thanks for your reply. First of all, Canadians are not the only ones who criticize the United States and America is not the only country that deserves criticism. We're not that pure in Canada either and you'd be right to accuse us of occasional lapses into sanctimonious smugness.
However, criticizing America wasn't the point of my post. I was arguing that torture is not supported by only a few. It gets widespread approval around the world for the reasons I described.
Your remark about turning a liberal into a conservative by mugging him reminded me of the "Death Wish" movies. In each of them, a liberal becomes a gun toting vigilante after thugs do something horrible to his family. Well, if somebody slaughtered my family, I'd want to see him die a slow and painful death too, but that wouldn't mean that I was right.
The bottom line is that torture is an inefficient way to gather intelligence. However, if the real goal is to inflict pain and to frighten people, then it works quite well.
Thanks again for your insights.
George
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