From: "Robert Comer" 

> If something changed and suddenly we had 1000 US soldiers being killed
every
> day, and the al Qaeda attacks started up in the continental US at a rate
of say
> one a day, would you find the idea of torture to get information that may
save
> lives more acceptable than you do today?

No.

>I think the
> differences in how you evaluate it is entirely dependent on how close to
the
> action you are.

Or your base beliefs.

- Bob Comer



"Geo."  wrote in message news:40cafffb{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:40caf01c{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> > Not quite on the torture thing for me anyway, it goes against my
> > personality, but the rest of what you said makes sense.
>
> If something changed and suddenly we had 1000 US soldiers being killed
every
> day, and the al Qaeda attacks started up in the continental US at a rate
of say
> one a day, would you find the idea of torture to get information that may
save
> lives more acceptable than you do today?
>
> See, I don't view it as a moral judgement, I think it's a logical
evaluation we
> go thru to decide what is a justified action wrt war.
>
> 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.
>
>

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