Re: Daily Show examines Bush power to legalize torture
March 10, 2010 by
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I am completely at a loss to comprehend the rationale of an individual who would call someone evil for WB a terrorist to extract information that has the potential to save lives.
I just don’t get that mindset.
I bet Nick Berg’s parents wish he had been waterboarded.
“Soon you will know”
I couldn’t give two shits about the mental anguish of a piece of shit terrorist, but I care very deeply about preserving the lives of our citizens. If WB a terrorist, can thwart a terrorist attack, I’m all for it. The reason, is not because I am evil either. The reason, is because I place a far higher value on the lives of our citizenry than I do the mental anguish of a terrorist whose number 1 desire in life, is to die while killing us.
even if they had it wouldn’t have made a difference. the bush family laughs at people who ask moral questions.
OK so lets put the sandle on the other foot. Abdul grabs a down flyer. Would it be OK for Abdul to torture our Airman to learn when is the next bombing run? What are the soft spots of the F-16? Abdul justifies this as it happen to him when in Abu Ghraib, no? Put voltage to the airman’s crotch. Waterboard the boy from Kansas. That is OK since that is what the Americans did to Abdul? You can make anyone say anything to stop the pain.
One of the arguments of those that do the interrogating in Iraq is; that is what happens to our guys in the hands of the enemy. Oh Great! now we are getting lessons in how to treat prisoners of war from the other side? Where would we be in the world today if A> We had tortured and mistreated German prisoners? B> Treated Japanese prisoners like they did ours? We would be hated by a lot more people in those countries. If the other side uses gas weapons, do we?
Its nice to see some people here have some common sense. Great video.
GAH! Floating head! . . . with good points.
Very straight to the point mate.
Well said.
Explain “know to have information”. How can you know without a doubt that someone has information? Just because someone is even a known terrorist, doesn’t follow that they will know about a particular attack. This is why they operate in cells. And it’s already been shown throughout history that information garnished from torture is unreliable – mainly because the person being tortured will just say anything to make you stop.
Good for you
What is good and evil anyways? If evil is used to a good end, is it really evil? If good intentions cause evil effects, are they really good? Point is, good/evil are silly tags since everything is contextual.
Now, I’m not saying I condone torture, but if a person is known to have information vital to the safety of innocents, would torture really be evil?
Thank you for showing this, you’re a good guy. Hope Bush and company watch it too.
Just a note-(there exists no good or evil.If I would have to expand on that,send me a message,cause it’s a very complicated personal belief system that would not fit in here) ,but in humanity certain moral concepts must be upheld at the time.
Thanks! Nice thoughts. I have seen the original Daily Show on tv. But now, I’m searchig for it on Internet and I can’t find the whole clip! Can somebody help me? I’d really like to get that video.
Oh! By the way, most democratic countries send their prisoners in other undemocratic affiliate-countries so that they torture the prisoners for them. Of course it’s under the supervision of the “democratic country”
Whatever happened to the concept of not sinking to the level of your enemies?
If what you say is true, then why is Cuba still under Castro? How did Darfor happen? What about the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo?
What are you “band” against? Fight and win your own battles and we’ll keep our noses out of your business.
Strike Austrailia off my list of places to travel to and spend money. How come you guys didn’t spend all that energy helping win the Vietnam conflict? Oh, that’s right mate, you guys are good at attack tourists, not guys with guns. Fair dinkum.
You hit the nail on the head, our country was founded on the principals of rule of law and due process.
Israel had secure cockpit doors and armed marshalls on every flight since the late 1960’s and we suffer 3,000 plus deaths and an attack on our commerce and military hubs because lawfully possessed Stanley knives make it onto airliners.
Do a google search for “Capt. URI BAR-LEV” and when you find the link, scroll down to “thwarting hijackers”.
We dropped the ball on 9/11.
you are so right!That says about everything.
run for president, you got my vote.
Thanks!
Thanks for posting this, Reluctant Redneck. I live in Alabama, surrounded by people who’ve rationalized evil American practices for so long that they’ve pretty much sold their souls. It’s great to see proof that my occasional stereotyping of rednecks is as wrong as Red state occupants’ stereotyping of everybody who’s not just like them.
Its Australia mate, thats the way it goes. Try visiting the middle east. Would you go around to everyone saying you are American even though you hate the policies. Thats life.
Wow, to make a statement like that makes Australians look barbaric and ignorant if 300 million Americans, if any one so chooses to visit Australia have the possibility of being attacked for the policies of one American.