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nachoproblem Donating Member (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-28-08 11:03 PM
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44. Unfortunately torture isn't punishment
PUNISHMENT is hurting somebody by a specific amount as a measured response to some action they have been judged guilty of.

TORTURE is hurting somebody by and indefinite amount until you are either satisfied with the result or you get bored with doing it.

The Bill of Rights forbids the use of cruel and unusual PUNISHMENT but says nothing about TORTURE, probably because the founding fathers didn't figure that the law in any democratic society was concerned with what sort of TORTURE it could employ.

We sure showed them, didn't we. :puke:
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  -Scalia: Torture is not *punishment* so doesn't violate cruel and unusual provision of Const. ProfessorPlum  Apr-28-08 04:09 PM   #0 
  - Maybe he should volunteer to undergo water boarding to prove that  liberal N proud   Apr-28-08 04:11 PM   #1 
  - I could not believe the answer he gave!  Enthusiast   Apr-28-08 05:25 PM   #24 
  - Maybe he should undergo testicle crushing. Perhaps some light electrocution.  dave123williams   Apr-28-08 06:36 PM   #34 
     - I chose water boarding because it is what America has heard about  liberal N proud   Apr-28-08 06:42 PM   #35 
     - to undergo testicle crushing....  lilgrasskikka   Apr-28-08 08:12 PM   #40 
        - Hey! I just thought of something!!!!  lilgrasskikka   Apr-28-08 08:27 PM   #43 
           - Doing what the Supreme Court does best, splitting hairs  Ztarbod   Apr-28-08 11:36 PM   #45 
  - Scalia  90-percent   Apr-28-08 04:11 PM   #2 
  - Someone needs to waterboard that fat fuck n/t  nichomachus   Apr-28-08 04:12 PM   #3 
  - Funny you should say "fat fuck"  Blue_In_AK   Apr-28-08 05:28 PM   #26 
     - I thought better of it later  nichomachus   Apr-28-08 06:18 PM   #32 
        - He is disgusting.  Blue_In_AK   Apr-28-08 06:27 PM   #33 
  - Punishment for not answering interigator's questions  ThoughtCriminal   Apr-28-08 04:14 PM   #4 
  - Right Wing Nazi  fascisthunter   Apr-28-08 04:15 PM   #5 
  - deleted by user  driver8   Apr-28-08 04:16 PM   #6 
  - Then I suggest we "reward" this fat toad with a little waterboarding....  Hulk   Apr-28-08 04:18 PM   #7 
  - Impeach Scalia  formercia   Apr-28-08 04:31 PM   #8 
  - Can SCOTUS Justices be impeached?  balantz   Apr-28-08 07:46 PM   #39 
     - Yes they can.  hootinholler   Apr-28-08 08:16 PM   #41 
     - 'Impeach Earl Warren."  formercia   Apr-29-08 05:06 AM   #49 
  - This guy  BayjanDem   Apr-28-08 04:35 PM   #9 
  - I'm sure there is a spot in HELL for this fellow.  Preston120   Apr-28-08 04:37 PM   #10 
  - There is no afterlife. If we don't make it hell for him here, then he just gets away with it  FiveGoodMen   Apr-28-08 04:49 PM   #13 
  - Parse this!  central scrutinizer   Apr-28-08 04:40 PM   #11 
  - well how about attempted murder, assault and battery  Sam Ervin jret   Apr-28-08 04:45 PM   #12 
  - Scalia is on P.R. campaign  disndat   Apr-28-08 04:53 PM   #14 
  - What an odious man!  tomeboy   Apr-28-08 04:53 PM   #15 
  - More violent thoughts going through my head =/  raystorm7   Apr-28-08 04:58 PM   #16 
  - He's right...  micraphone   Apr-28-08 05:02 PM   #17 
  - Ok, now that right there is what, in a few years, we'll call EVIDENCE. n/t  Poll_Blind   Apr-28-08 05:09 PM   #18 
  - You can't really blame Scalia  Birthmark   Apr-28-08 05:10 PM   #19 
  - I Actually Agree with Scalia That Torture  ribofunk   Apr-28-08 05:11 PM   #20 
  - How is it not punishment? You're punishing them because they won't give you information.  calmblueocean   Apr-28-08 06:14 PM   #31 
     - "Punishment" in the Constitution Means  ribofunk   Apr-29-08 09:32 AM   #52 
  - Yeah, it's not punishment, it's just for fun. Did I get that right, Fat Tony?  nomorenomore08   Apr-28-08 05:13 PM   #21 
  - What an idiot.  huskerlaw   Apr-28-08 05:13 PM   #22 
  - That's his view and it happens to be right??????????????  Gman   Apr-28-08 05:23 PM   #23 
  - Scalia is an arrogant fuck  proud patriot   Apr-28-08 05:28 PM   #27 
  - This turd is the scariest and most dangerous person on the face of  ooglymoogly   Apr-28-08 05:27 PM   #25 
  - I am speechless.....  delt664   Apr-28-08 05:38 PM   #28 
  - What would happen if you or I kidnapped someone and  RC   Apr-28-08 05:51 PM   #29 
  - So let's torture Scalito.  muntrv   Apr-28-08 05:59 PM   #30 
  - To answer his question...  iaviate1   Apr-28-08 06:44 PM   #36 
  - WAR CRIMINAL YOU VOTED WRONG ON HAMDAN V. RUMSFELD  ToughLuck   Apr-28-08 07:09 PM   #37 
  - Scalia can kiss my tungas  Prophet 451   Apr-28-08 07:23 PM   #38 
  - How do you remove a judge from the Supreme Court?  Jesuswasntafascist   Apr-28-08 08:27 PM   #42 
  - Unfortunately torture isn't punishment  nachoproblem   Apr-28-08 11:03 PM   #44 
  - I got an idea...  Captive America   Apr-28-08 11:47 PM   #46 
  - Impeach his ass!  blackspade   Apr-29-08 12:41 AM   #47 
  - Scalia is a fucking fascist, a pile of arrogant pig shit!  GreenTea   Apr-29-08 02:38 AM   #48 
  - I can just see this guy as a 13-yr-old boy. "But MOM, I *did* do the dishes! You never  grace0418   Apr-29-08 08:21 AM   #50 
  - He is one sick MF. n/t  Bonhomme Richard   Apr-29-08 08:41 AM   #51 
  - They're both pathetic...  KansDem   Apr-29-08 09:40 AM   #53 
  - He's right, it is not punishment for a crime. It is assault and a crime in itself.  Sam Ervin jret   Apr-29-08 11:32 AM   #54 
  - is scalia ever going to be held accountable for his destruction of  samsingh   Apr-29-08 03:00 PM   #55 
  - I saw this on the daily show last night  otherlander   Apr-30-08 09:35 AM   #56 
  - he actually makes Fredo Gonzales and John Yoo look like brilliant legal scholars  yurbud   Apr-30-08 11:03 PM   #57 
  - PHOTOSHOP: Scalia admiring the work he condones...  yurbud   Apr-30-08 11:06 PM   #58 
 

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