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Millman: Why did we torture? [View all] Recursion Dec 2014 OP
I don't think the general public can know 'why' 'we' tortured because the general public doesn't NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #1
Following orders was not accepted as an excuse at the Nuremberg Trials. sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #4
well said! marions ghost Dec 2014 #7
Excellent post malaise Dec 2014 #11
That might fly if it was anyone except low level non officers being punished, which was the case NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #12
Following illegal orders is itself a crime. Educate yourself. WinkyDink Dec 2014 #6
I don't need to educate myself. "if the order was illegal" being the sticking point. It's been a NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #9
"A long time since Nuremburg"? Oh, my, my, my. When such is said about living memory, what happens WinkyDink Dec 2014 #14
You don't seem to have heard me. I'd be very happy if the Bush gang were NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #17
Wow, I hope this is high-level satire Recursion Dec 2014 #16
No, I call bullshit there on both counts. Recursion Dec 2014 #8
The first most people had an inkling was Abu Ghraib. For which only a few low-level peons got NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #10
I thought the last paragraph was applegrove Dec 2014 #2
That's an interesting point. I hadn't looked at it that way (nt) Recursion Dec 2014 #3
Because we were led by treasonous psychopaths? WinkyDink Dec 2014 #5
People were angry. "The gloves were off". bhikkhu Dec 2014 #13
We were/are torturing for profit, in the service of multinational corporations. Zorra Dec 2014 #15
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