Reply #27: Thanks, I needed that.

[July]

I get no comfort from this guy's argument that THEIR torture is EVEN WORSE than OUR torture.

Whenever I hear this, I think of the joke in which someone asks, "Would you sleep with me for a million dollars? Yes? How about half a million?" Down to $100, the person answering says, "What do you think I am, a whore?" Questioner answers, "We've already established you're a whore, now we're just finding your price."

We've already established that the U.S. tortures, now we're just finding out the methods. Other torturers' choices are irrelevant.

(I know the joke is funnier when told properly. Alas, I am not very good at remembering and telling jokes.)