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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 06:25 PM Original message |
The White House's Perverse Argument - "the ends justify the means" |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. An AG cannot declare an act to be legal on his say-so; that's why we have a Supreme Court. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. His boss doesn't understand the limits of his office either |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Amen. Thank Jah they're totally apolitical... |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. they may claim to be christians.... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. they truly are bad people |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. that could just as well been the 9/11 terrorists rationalization |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. but...but...they torture for the good |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Anyone that claims that "Enhanced Interrogation" is not Torture |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I agree |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Torture, torture, torture |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. Searching Nuremberg justification, this came up. = modern martyrology |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. Mukasey: "Befehl ist Befehl" = "only following orders" |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Nuremberg trials and Nulla poena sine lege |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. The Geneva Convention prohibits "Enhanced Interrogation". |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. No argument here |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. Torture Groundhog Day "Brace yourself. Groundhog day is likely to last until next winter." |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 06:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The US Corp Media want to keep things simple for us simple |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. "...deeply perverse and goes against core American values." |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
19. "Do unto others" is obviously not a lesson they learned. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. When you mix equal parts incompetence, laziness and vindictiveness in the same Chief Executive... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
21. This mess is akin to non-swimmers flailing wildly on the surface |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. Hitler was actually going to create that perfect world full of perfect people. |
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