From: Bill Lucy
In article ,
rgparker{at}west.net says...
> > Is that really the larger principle? IMO, it takes very few people to
expose
> > the problems of a methodology, but that does not make the methodology
wrong. I
> > don't have a problem with police asking questions which adhere to a line.
Once
> > that line is crossed, *then* I have a problem. The line is pretty well
defined,
> > IMO.
>
> My "larger principle" point is that one can't judge an
entire system by
> the abuses of some individuals. There are too many people with too many
> motivations. A person who wants to condemn a particular system can always
> find abuses of power. Political systems are made up of people after all.
Then you are arguing that we can't blame Castro for the abuses in Cuba?
BTW, I was reading an article in a weekly paper yesterday (The Reader)
which noted some of the torture that went on in Chicago's Area 2 Victim
Crimes Unit in the 80s and 90s. Innocent people were sent to death row
because of the torture.
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