Torture: A Matter of Opinion or a Question of Legality?
TO: Robert Hurley
RE: Will Wonders Never Cease!!!?!?!
There are five arguments against torture. — Robert Hurley
I’m ‘listening’…..
1. If you are a Christian it is immoral. — Robert Hurley
Interesting point, that. More on it later in this comment.
2. It leads often to inaccurate information as the the person being tortured will say anything to escape further torture. — Robert Hurley
3. Better information can be gained by legal means. — Robert Hurley
Perhaps. Perhaps not.
After all, that battalion commander who fired his M1911A1 .45 cal pistol into the ground near the head of someone he as ‘interrogating’ about an anticipated assault by the Hussein supporters got some good information from the miscreant.
So your report is, at face value, FALSE.
4. The use of torture brings us down to the same level as the terrorists and cripples our ability to portray the US as a country of laws. — Robert Hurley
Not quite. It depends on the form of ‘torture’.
As I stated earlier, the concept of ‘torture’ is in the eye of the beholder.
One person would consider listening the Barry Manilow albums ‘torture’. Another might turn them on to seduce some woman.
So….
….what do YOU consider torture? Is it the same as mine?
[Note: Pontius Pilot to the Christ, "We all have truths. Are mine the same as yours?"]
5. When you bring the terrorist to trial you can not use the evidence gained as it is tainted — Robert Hurley
Who gives a flip about trying illegal combatants? Or, as I’ve asked Rick Moran and mr b[ozo], show me where these people are protected under the Geneva Convention.
Go on. I dare. NO! I DEFY you.
RE: Back to Item #1
1. If you are a Christian it is immoral. — Robert Hurley
You may have a valid point here.
[1] Do you know enough about christian ethics to make it stick?
[2] If you’re not a ‘christian’ youself….
….why should any christian listen to you?
[3] Furthermore, should the christians here let non-christians do the ‘interrogations’? And work with the information retreived?
Regards,
Chuck(le)
[The Truth will out....]
