From: "Steve Ewing" 

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 09:10:01 -0400, Geo.  wrote:

> Now if you say that given the current situation you don't feel it's
> justified, ok I can accept that but at the same time I can't argue with
> the folks who say that having soldiers executed and their half naked
> bodies displayed on TV or being dragged around behind a car, or
> beheaded, does justify it. I think the differences in how you evaluate
> it is entirely dependent on how close to the action you are.
>
> Geo.

The assumption you are making, it seems to me, is that the people being
tortured have something to say, or have some bearing on the situation.

In the present case, the majority of people just seem to be caught up in
the dragnet and are guilty of nothing more than being at home at 2AM, and
similar crimes.

That, IMO, takes it completely out of realm of justifying torture per se,
as in, "we caught the guy with a pile of wires and detonators and an
empty box labeled 'Acme Bomb (c/o W.E.C), and he won't tell us where he
planted it."

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Steve 
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