Scarborough: ‘Rational fear’ justifies torture

[babsbunny]

http://rawstory.com/08/blog/2009/04/27/scarborough-rational-fear-a-reason-for-torture/


By David Edwards

Published: April 27, 2009
Updated 8 hours ago


In debating the use of torture on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, co-host Mika Brzezinski expressed a concern that “fear and reality will overtake morality.” However, host Joe Scarborough did not see that as a problem and seemed to believe it was completely appropriate for what he called “rational fear” to far outweigh morality.

“They’re not going to get any intelligence,” Scarborough said of President Obama’s recent declaration that the United States no longer uses torture. “You have FBI agents that have come out — and it’s laughable — them criticizing the CIA. … The CIA has to rely on what the CIA and people have relied on for years, what American interrogators in every war have relied on.”

[Blecht]

1. The only way to respond to Scarborough

"You're a fucking monster!"

I know it doesn't make for an interesting debate, but really, should torture be debatable? Of course not. Not unless you're a monster.

[JuniperLea]

2. Rational Fear is an Oxymoron...

Joe Scarborough is a garden variety moron.

[valerief]

3. I suppose next he'll say rational fear justifies making interns dead. nt

[MadMaddie]

4. Rational Fear....Joe and others like them are afraid of their

own shadows. They are cowards who sit in their cubby holes and never, ever face any of their fears head on.

Joe just because it's your fear it's not ours.

What an idiot!