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txoctodem

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3. Right on, Bill! One of the main values worth fighting for

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun May 27, 2012, 07:40 PM

May 2012

is individual dignity and a person's right to humane treatment -- even of our enemies. Also, if we truly care about our troops who might one day be captured, we will avoid torture as if it were the plague -- and it is! Additionally, it has been proven to be ineffective in getting truth.

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