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We considered it torture before... what changed?
It's because our motives are pure, as pure as the driven slush!
Bowser
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7/3/2008 2:37:35 AM
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That's why it's not torture.
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Christopher Hitchens gets waterboarded
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TB
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7/2/2008 6:03:02 PM
Good for him
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Tony
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7/2/2008 6:44:47 PM
But on another hand...
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TB
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7/2/2008 11:47:21 PM
We considered it torture before... what changed?
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ARRELL
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7/3/2008 12:14:03 AM
It's not torture...it's
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z
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7/3/2008 4:09:39 AM
Maybe you can answer the question I asked on another thread
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TB
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7/3/2008 4:19:06 AM
Just making a point.
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TB
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7/3/2008 3:31:58 AM
Do we have principles or don't we?
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Mary Anne
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7/3/2008 11:34:22 AM
In the first gulf war how many lives were saved by the Iraqis surrendering in droves because they KNEW we would treat them humanely?
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ARRELL
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7/3/2008 4:53:25 AM
Assuming that's why they surrendered.
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Lee
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7/3/2008 5:32:33 AM
Our army certainly assumed so...
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ARRELL
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7/3/2008 5:55:50 AM
Lets assume for a moment that torture actually does save lives...
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ARRELL
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7/3/2008 4:33:54 AM
re: Lets assume for a moment that torture actually does save lives...
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TB
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7/3/2008 4:51:07 AM
See my post above
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ARRELL
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7/3/2008 5:19:23 AM
Actually, you've pretty much won this argument.
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TB
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7/3/2008 8:09:32 PM
BTW...
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TB
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7/3/2008 8:11:58 PM
It's because our motives are pure, as pure as the driven slush!
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Bowser
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7/3/2008 2:37:35 AM
What might those motives be?
(n/t)
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RobVG
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7/3/2008 2:44:01 AM
You jest, or course.
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Bowser
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7/3/2008 3:39:40 AM
Sorry, wasn't kidding.
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RobVG
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7/3/2008 5:32:18 AM
I'm not sure I'll agree with a "no preemptive war" amendment.
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ER
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7/8/2008 6:46:24 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.