Comments on: Gourevitch on Torture http://www.lies.com/wp/2009/05/04/gourevitch-on-torture/ believe nothing... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:34:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: knarlyknight http://www.lies.com/wp/2009/05/04/gourevitch-on-torture/#comment-147373 knarlyknight Tue, 05 May 2009 05:11:00 +0000 http://www.lies.com/?p=3547#comment-147373 Brilliant article. Those who defend torture on the mistaken grounds that it works better than alternatives are also missing the point: torture is a heinous crime & such crimes are not absolvable. Brilliant article.
Those who defend torture on the mistaken grounds that it works better than alternatives are also missing the point: torture is a heinous crime & such crimes are not absolvable.

]]> By: NorthernLite http://www.lies.com/wp/2009/05/04/gourevitch-on-torture/#comment-147286 NorthernLite Mon, 04 May 2009 20:49:36 +0000 http://www.lies.com/?p=3547#comment-147286 It actually makes me want to vomit. Some of the bastards that drew up and authorized these policies actually received presedential medals while the foot solider who carried out orders takes all the heat. Talk about rot in hell... It actually makes me want to vomit. Some of the bastards that drew up and authorized these policies actually received presedential medals while the foot solider who carried out orders takes all the heat.

Talk about rot in hell…

]]> By: Steve http://www.lies.com/wp/2009/05/04/gourevitch-on-torture/#comment-147284 Steve Mon, 04 May 2009 19:32:39 +0000 http://www.lies.com/?p=3547#comment-147284 The same standards of law should apply to the powerful, if not more so. The more power someone has, the more responsible we want them to be. Letting the grunts take the fall for some of the most powerful people in the world is grossly immoral. We need to live up to the standards we claim to have. The same standards of law should apply to the powerful, if not more so. The more power someone has, the more responsible we want them to be. Letting the grunts take the fall for some of the most powerful people in the world is grossly immoral.

We need to live up to the standards we claim to have.

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