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I don't think Cynth is making the ends justify the means argument, rb. He's saying that he consciously prevents himself from internalizing the fact that our government tortures and thus does not have an emotional response to it. Normally, I'd think this was a coping mechanism, something that someone might do to prevent emotionally breaking down, but Cynth has both the emotional maturity and the ability to dispassionately judge a situation, so that doesn't apply. His argument seems to be that because he is not directly responsible for torture, he doesn't feel it necessary to judge it. This is odd and highly suspect because countless times across thousands of posts Cynth has been more than willing to roll up his sleeves and pass judgment or even offer advice on things he's not even remotely connected with; things that allowed him to process a situation by utilizing sympathy and empathy and then, via that process, come to a conclusion.
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