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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-16-09 09:44 PM
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Torture has always been recognized as a means to: extract FALSE confessions
Edited on Thu Apr-16-09 09:48 PM by Phoebe Loosinhouse
punish your enemies, convert the undecided, and extort obedience out of fear.

It has no real use beyond those stated above. That is why the use of it is morally indefensible.
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-16-09 09:57 PM
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1. Nobody expects the


American Inquisition.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-16-09 10:01 PM
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2. Except that now they do.
"If they knock on the door, I'm fine with giving up all that helio-centric bulls!@t. Makes no never mind to me." Gallileo
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-16-09 10:53 PM
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3. Kick - I'm very emotionally invested in this one, nt
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