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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I not once ever said anything about GWOT and the Bush Administration being justified in using torture. It hasn't been a SINGLE post of mine.
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I never said you did, but this thread is about something specific: the GWOT and the US using torture, and, more specifically, accountability. When you said, waaay back in the OP, that you're fine with torture, you made that statement in the context of the article you linked, which was talking about accountability for torture. This conversation isn't happening in a vacuum regardless of how abstract the conversation gets.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
You may not find that it has no place in your world. There are vast tracts of history you should not read since there's torture all over it.
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I'm not making the case that torture hasn't happened, I'm making the case it has no function beyond selfish reasons like masochism and vengeance. It cannot do what it was supposedly used for in the GWOT, extracting intelligence. That alone should tell you that even though something may be used often, it isn't necessarily functional in what it's being used for.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Again, you're trying to oversimplify a larger point of view that I have into some internet meme that jives with you you live. I'm sorry but you'll not be able to do so with my points of view on this matter.
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"I'll say flat out, I'm fine with torture..." Can you reconcile this with you not approving of it's use in the GWOT?
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Really? Intimidation? Oh so it has a use.....
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I said the
intention of intimidation. What was it earlier you said about reading comprehension?