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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:54 PM Original message |
How is it that we are debating "torture" yet again? |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. I agree with the public at large and de sensitivity training... |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yeah, that's what it is |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. The statement has come from on high that torture did not lead to the UBL capture. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. Because we haven't denounced it for once and for all |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. That would certainly make a difference |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. Torturing prisoners is a federal crime. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. Oh it's just a little waterboarding! They even did it on Fox News |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. Propaganda plain and simple |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I remember hearing members of the Bush |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. Didn't the Obama Administration STOP using torture? They haven't |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It is still happening in Bagrahm and the places we use for rendition |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I hate to hear that. The other day on MSNBC, probably, is when |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I was so sure that most of them |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. It's like they're unrecognizable as human beings. Like they've been |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I always thought of the super villains |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. Because it is a law that our leaders felt should not be enforced |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Of course, these same people are quick |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. "we"? "debate"? our government, our military, & our police use torture, period. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
14. If there had been prosecutions, it would be different. But |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. The outrage had become so exhausting |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 03:47 AM Response to Original message |
15. People with mental illness can have great stamina and endurance. |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. Perhaps it's time to look backward to see how we got into this mess. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. Americans have been trained to accept the darkness the same way |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
20. because the republican party is the party of torture |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Right along with |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. Thank you for your post. |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I have to keep reminding myself |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. When the President of the United State and his Attorney General |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I have mixed feelings about Bin Laden's death |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Instead of a 'war on terror,' I would like us to declare a 'war on greed.' But I |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I would like to quit having "wars" on stuff, |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I hope my facetiousness about a 'war on greed' came through. I think |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Also, FDR used his savvy political skills to advance |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
28. Faux "News." I'm waiting for they day when the FCC will set some |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. Around and around we go. |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Its a lot easier and faster to get way off track |
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Tace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. I've Concluded That Large Numbers Of Americans Are Sadistic Assholes |
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