tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post1979401706762651982..comments2024-03-22T08:39:17.629-07:00Comments on Spin Easy Time!: The Ongoing Torture Annoyancefred chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812811681270634366noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-33819075148952917032009-10-02T06:01:00.954-07:002009-10-02T06:01:00.954-07:00Officially? never; wrong? always; just to gather i...Officially? never; wrong? always; just to gather information? never; with the single best reason in the world, once in a thousand years? maybe, just this once. <br /><br />There are no absolutes in this world. Everything is situational. <br /><br />Morality aside, torture as a historical practice has never worked, and has generally made matters worse. So we have no reason to even get to the right/wrong question, the answer to which is, of course, "wrong."fred chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812811681270634366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-20471304998683024002009-10-01T21:56:40.780-07:002009-10-01T21:56:40.780-07:00Torture? Never. I think we executed Japanese (at...Torture? Never. I think we executed Japanese (at least imprisoned) after WWII for waterboarding in POW camps. Can you sy "double standard"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-6849556863443717682009-09-30T10:26:08.654-07:002009-09-30T10:26:08.654-07:00Devil's in the details.Devil's in the details.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-19850334121091534262009-09-30T05:32:35.166-07:002009-09-30T05:32:35.166-07:00Shrinks might be good, use their skills to find ou...Shrinks might be good, use their skills to find out what people are about and what is important to them. Or Gypsy fortune tellers, if properly trained, they can read nuance and body language as good as anybody. Fresh faced newly minted graduates of Joe College out in kick-stump could be a disarming choice. I haven't worked out the details.fred chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812811681270634366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-6433352288568480492009-09-29T21:18:31.307-07:002009-09-29T21:18:31.307-07:00A headshrinker might just be the cure.A headshrinker might just be the cure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com