tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post3216608296431925457..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: More Torturous ArgumentsSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-8879361488800292252009-04-28T08:57:00.000-04:002009-04-28T08:57:00.000-04:00Insofar as the ticking bomb scenario, if we are at...Insofar as the ticking bomb scenario, if we are at war with terrorists, we must assume they are also at war with us. In a war, people on both sides die. The best way to ensure the safety of your people is to find an alternative to war. If the alternative to war with terrorists is to forbid all Americans and their businesses from entering the Muslim "holy land", so be it. Of course, that also means we would have to forbid all muslims and their businesses from entering the United States, which would call for a re-interpretation of the first amendment. Which I believe is necessary anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-87254669101380792722009-04-26T23:36:00.000-04:002009-04-26T23:36:00.000-04:00I've always said the rationale for torture is vuln...I've always said the rationale for torture is vulnerable to the reductio ad absurdam. If you want to torture someone because he knows where a ticking bomb is located, that's one thing, but how do you know there <I>isn't</I> one someplace? How many people would you need to torture before you felt certain that there wasn't one? As for torture in the criminal justice system, I think the police coined the term "third degree," but there's a blue wall of silence blocking you from seeing exactly what that means in any given city.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-72825258302558290922009-04-26T22:43:00.000-04:002009-04-26T22:43:00.000-04:00I have some questions regarding torture:
How do yo...I have some questions regarding torture:<br />How do you know the person you are torturing actually has the information? Where do you draw the line and finally assume the victim <I>has</I> no credible information, if after "aggressive interrogation" he has still said nothing - or at least nothing of value? Do you continue until the victim is dead? Should we be allowed to use the same methods to gain valuable information from drug lords or organized crime members? If not, why not? Should our government only be bothered protecting it's citizens against foreign threats and not internal threats?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com