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Old 03-19-2008, 04:10 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Moreover, I think that the use of torture is indicative of fear and impotence. It is one of the most forthright failures of humanity.
Beautifully said.

Look: let's say you have an actual Jack Bauer situation. The one way to make SURE you don't get reliable information would be to torture the guy. All moral arguments aside--not that there aren't great moral arguments against it--torture doesn't produce good information.
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