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In reply to the discussion: Can people here have an adult conversation? [View all]Sweeney
(505 posts)to introduce a subject I was not prepared to cover.
I get the sarcasm, I do; but we torture to let them know we torture. It is one more thing for them to think about, and it is not like it will stop them; and I think the more we show ourselves to be inhuman the less we will be able to stop them. You should never give your enemy a moral edge, but they are not all that nice even to each other. As long as even enough people think all the government says it does to protect them from evil is right, nothing will change. So have the conversation. Don't be a bug on a windshield; be a 747 on a windshield. Change minds first. Press the moral argument honestly. Bring enough people to the point of outrage and something will change. The general demoralization of the people, and their jaded condition makes them all but inert. Just do what you can and let the reaction to you do the rest.
Thanks...Sweeney