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re: Oh It's Torture All Right

Mark Eby — 6/14/2005 11:14:39 AM (archived)

What's assinine is comparing Gitmo to real torture. My comparison was silly in part to demonstrate how the whole debate is silly. The freedom issue is important, but so is the level of duress.

Regards,
MArk

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Gitmo's fifteen minutes might be up... - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 8:08:13 AM
- Don't forget those who were prisoners of the North Koreans... - Larry J - 6/13/2005 1:16:54 PM
  - Of course. - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 2:53:09 PM
    - So everything short of what's shown in your examples... - alcaray - 6/13/2005 3:30:36 PM
      - re: Maybe we should put Whacko jacko in charge of Gitmo. - Scott Evil - 6/14/2005 5:48:03 PM
      - No, it shows that what is being described as "torture" is bogus - Larry J - 6/13/2005 5:11:38 PM
        
        questions too hard? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/13/2005 6:17:36 PM
        
        Too damned busy to bother with silly questions - Larry J - 6/14/2005 12:44:10 AM
        
        I stipulate that many people in the history of the world have been treated very poorly - alcaray - 6/14/2005 2:40:18 PM
        
        You must have led a very sheltered life - Larry J - 6/15/2005 2:29:37 PM
        
        They hang Marines from door frames by their wrists for hours as part of basic? - Mary Anne - 6/15/2005 9:45:02 PM
        
        You'd be surprised what they do to Marine recruits (and Army ones, too) - Larry J - 6/16/2005 5:40:34 PM
        
        Oh It's Torture All Right - Mark Eby - 6/14/2005 1:48:27 AM
        
        I went through worse treatment in basic training - Larry J - 6/15/2005 2:27:42 PM
        
        You died in training? But got better? (n/t) - Tony - 6/15/2005 5:59:12 PM
        
        Why Do So Many Equate Panties On The Head With Death? - Mark Eby - 6/15/2005 11:04:20 PM
        
        Why Do So Many Equate Panties On The Head With Torture? - Tony - 6/16/2005 4:02:40 PM
        
        There Were No Incidences Of Death Listed In The Original Sources Of This Thread - ID - 6/16/2005 4:42:00 PM
        
        re: There Were No Incidences Of Death Listed In The Original Sources Of This Thread - Tony - 6/16/2005 5:25:05 PM
        
        re: Why Do So Many Equate Beatings and Death in Custody with Panties On The Head? - Mary Anne - 6/15/2005 11:32:29 PM
        
        re: Why Do So Many Equate Beatings and Death in Custody with Panties On The Head? - Mark Eby - 6/16/2005 12:39:55 AM
        
        No, but a lot of military members do die in training - Larry J - 6/15/2005 8:24:39 PM
        
        Woosh goes the point passing your head - Tony - 6/15/2005 9:09:15 PM
        
        No prisoner has died at Gitmo - Larry J - 6/16/2005 5:44:15 PM
        
        Focus, Larry, focus - Tony - 6/16/2005 6:39:13 PM
        
        Well, the original subject of the thread WAS Gitmo. - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2005 12:23:04 AM
        
        And now you are quoting Rush. - alcaray - 6/14/2005 2:42:00 PM
        
        Now You Dellusional - Mark Eby - 6/15/2005 1:51:53 AM
        
        Rush was the one who started using "frat boys" to... - alcaray - 6/16/2005 3:12:28 PM
        
        Some People Can Think For Themselves - ID - 6/16/2005 4:36:39 PM
        
        Not a very informed post, my friend. - alcaray - 6/16/2005 4:59:15 PM
        
        It's easier than thinking... - R.L. - 6/14/2005 7:43:47 PM
        
        Is That Your Excuse? - Mark Eby - 6/15/2005 1:57:57 AM
        
        Saddening and maddening, isn't it? - Sam F. - 6/15/2005 10:27:28 AM
        
        re: Saddening and maddening, isn't it? - Mary Anne - 6/15/2005 10:33:53 PM
        
        Grammar correction - Mary Anne - 6/15/2005 11:50:25 PM
        
        Sorry MaryAnne Life Isn't That Simple - Mark Eby - 6/15/2005 11:00:12 PM
        
        Trade-offs - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2005 12:29:38 AM
        
        On this one Rush is right. - Scott Evil - 6/14/2005 5:50:31 PM
        
        re: Oh It's Torture All Right - R.L. - 6/14/2005 8:56:58 AM
        
        re: Oh It's Torture All Right - Mark Eby - 6/14/2005 11:14:39 AM
        
        Face it. The left has lost it. - Scott Evil - 6/14/2005 6:01:40 PM
        
        Did you have an ounce of sorrow for these desperados? - alcaray - 6/16/2005 10:15:44 PM
        
        I'm sorry, is there an age limit on Middle Eastern fighters? - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2005 3:37:05 AM
        
        Were these "fighters", then? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/17/2005 3:05:38 PM
        
        Do you care? - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2005 10:59:11 PM
        
        One of them was not even a teenager when we took him. - alcaray - 6/18/2005 1:06:28 AM
        
        If honey and dates were the worst, then you'ld be right. (n/t) - Tony - 6/13/2005 5:19:44 PM
        
        re: the worst - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 6:16:22 PM
        
        Nixon didn't have to resign because of any war. - Mary Anne - 6/13/2005 7:02:04 PM
        
        I was there. - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 4:31:59 AM
        
        So was I. In fact, I watched the hearings. - Mary Anne - 6/14/2005 6:33:00 PM
        
        I Think Tom's Out On A Limb On This One. - Mark Eby - 6/15/2005 2:00:40 AM
        
        re: out on a limb - Tom Brosz - 6/15/2005 4:31:39 AM
        
        Drugs and the embittered remnants of old-school liberalism - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/15/2005 1:59:57 AM
        
        PS This was not an indictment of any old-school liberals here ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/15/2005 4:36:25 AM

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