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6 May 2008 - 13:48 UTC…to those who invoke the “ticking bomb” scenario when trying to justify torture approved and perpitrated by our government:
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
-Theodore Roosevelt
However, the state may reasonably place a closed season on these exotic asocial animals whenever they are in danger of becoming extinct. An authentic buck pacifist has rarely been seen off Earth, and it is doubtful that any have survived the trouble there .. regrettable, as they had the biggest mouths and the smallest brains of any of the primates.
—Lazarus Long
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If by “ticking bomb” you mean applying physical suasion to save the lives of hundreds or thousands of innocent people, I believe that action has a little more moral authority than mere “expediency”. Actually, Jack, I think to NOT do all possible to avert such a calamity would be the act of evil. Now, 2 or 3 people were waterboarded back in ‘03. One was KSM and he gave up some serious goods. This straw man you’ve erected hasn’t been given his brain yet by the Wizard.
By Velociman on 06.21.08 22:52
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