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Originally Posted by martinguerre
You live in a polar world when the alternative to engaging in recreational torture and war crimes is the only alternative to bowing down to a radical theocratic state. Frankly, i think such rhetoric is inflammatory, and false.
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Recreational? Who said it was recreational??? The purpose was to break them for interrogation purposes, which is a valid military objective.
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I'm glad i don't think there are two kinds of people. Plenty of people do...they just happen to often do nasy things. The terrorists do. Can you think of other people who thought there are good and bad people, with no middle ground and no reason to treat the enemy humanely? I can.
Serious dualism, such as what you espouse, allows a person to dehumanize their oppositition. And that's when the real horrors start.
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Sorry, the horrors routinely happen when there's no "good" or "bad" people too.
As for dehumanizing the enemy, THEIR conduct has dehumanized them, and they must pay the price for their conduct.