Lies in the service of evil
The Power of Narrative
by Arthur Silber
10/22/06
I return to the eternal favorite example of all the secret (and some brazenly boastful) sadists and moral obscenities posing as human beings in our midst. I refer to those individuals who seek to justify torture by use of the 'ticking bomb' scenario. Several examples of this fundamentally dishonest tactic have surfaced recently (about which, more below), so the subject perhaps merits treatment in the following form. Of course, since the 'legitimacy' of torture has now been sanctified by the Military Commissions Act, one could argue that the debate is moot. Still, we do not know to what extent this legislation will be utilized. Since we may continue to speak freely (at least, until after the next terrorist attack on our own shores), the preferable view might be that we should battle evil as long as we can...
http://tinyurl.com/yzm32z
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Military+Commissions+Act
by Arthur Silber
10/22/06
I return to the eternal favorite example of all the secret (and some brazenly boastful) sadists and moral obscenities posing as human beings in our midst. I refer to those individuals who seek to justify torture by use of the 'ticking bomb' scenario. Several examples of this fundamentally dishonest tactic have surfaced recently (about which, more below), so the subject perhaps merits treatment in the following form. Of course, since the 'legitimacy' of torture has now been sanctified by the Military Commissions Act, one could argue that the debate is moot. Still, we do not know to what extent this legislation will be utilized. Since we may continue to speak freely (at least, until after the next terrorist attack on our own shores), the preferable view might be that we should battle evil as long as we can...
http://tinyurl.com/yzm32z
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Military+Commissions+Act
rudkla - 23. Okt, 15:29
