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Fumesucker

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5. The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Fri Dec 12, 2014, 11:26 AM

Dec 2014

I would say most of the people I've talked to about torture over the years have been more indifferent than anything else, if it's not happening to them or anyone they care about then it's not really on their moral radar one way or the other.

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Americans are not �fine with torture,� despite overheated claims [View all] octoberlib Dec 2014 OP

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Thanks, woo! octoberlib Dec 2014 #3

Making the report public is as far as Obama could go fadedrose Dec 2014 #4

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference Fumesucker Dec 2014 #5

Americans� views on use of torture in fighting terrorism have been mixed Pew Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #6