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malthaussen

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4. "Full Amnesty" would just give the blackguards official color

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:11 PM

Dec 2014

Granted, they already have a Get Out of Jail Free card, but there is no reason to think that they wouldn't lie in their teeth when giving such "testimony" anyway. Since we can't be assured of getting the "truth" from such persons, what purpose is served by amnesty?

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Interesting question: would you support a War On Terror Truth & Reconciliation process? [View all] Recursion Dec 2014 OP

Let's start with a Police Brutality and Prosecutorial Misconduct T&R Process KeepItReal Dec 2014 #1

^^^^^^^Yes! cpamomfromtexas Dec 2014 #10

People need to answer for their crimes. If they can do the crime, they shraby Dec 2014 #2

Screw that - we're not South Africa derby378 Dec 2014 #3

"Full Amnesty" would just give the blackguards official color malthaussen Dec 2014 #4

Well, I was thinking of one like South Africa's Recursion Dec 2014 #5

It would be nice if the persons responsible admitted so, malthaussen Dec 2014 #11

Maybe. But, only if the torturers and their bosses make full public confessions of their crimes. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #6

That's what I think of as the basis of a T&R process (nt) Recursion Dec 2014 #8

with congress controlled by thugs we would be the ones seen as needing dembotoz Dec 2014 #7

I'm betting McConnell will call for an official repudiation of the report next month derby378 Dec 2014 #9