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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:37 AM Original message |
Why? Why do they WANT to torture? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Because we're the kick-ass U-S of A. If WE do it, it's holy and Christian and just. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. Because in a Totalitarian Society, "the truth" is whatever the ruling political class dictates. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. Read 1984 again and you'll get your answer |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Sure. It gets them the fig leaf of false confessions to try to justify |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. I am no doctor but my guess would be they are very sick people |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. it is a weapon of mass terror and control |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Opponents at home and abroad, at that. n/t |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. Have to have proof that something terrible is going to happen to us |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. They're sadists. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. They have no souls.. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. A couple of days ago, NPR referred to waterboarding as "controlled drowning." |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. I think there's just some very dark human impulses involved. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yes--the fact that we in the US are even debating this proves your point. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. Because when your souls has a big hole in it you try to fill it |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. They don't want to torture anyone, they want you to be AFRAID of being tortured. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. These are not mutually exclusive, either in theory or in current practice. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. Good question, is it about sadism? Power? Fulfillment? Justification? |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. It could be that many people derive pleasure from causing pain |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. Cowardice, of course |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sadistic psychopaths. Firecrackers in frogs; branding classmates; killing Iraqi children. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-09-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. Torture is not about getting info that is true, it's about getting info that you WANT to be true. |
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