Bush is wrong, again!!

MorganGrayson · 12-16-2005

I had to tape "NCIS" because my husband was at school and we watched it last night. Their new agent, from the Moussad, was assigned to interrogate a prisoner. She raised an eyebrow and said "you do realize I've never interrogated anyone without some kind of physical pain involved?"

One of the things I dislike the most about humans is their tendency to "paint with too broad a brush." Torture, like just about everything else, comes in "kinds." What kind of torture are we talking about here? Pliers on the testicles? That thing psychologists do with lights, darkness, loud music, etc., that causes the personality to break down?

We're the nation that has yet to come up with a definition for "cruel and unusual punishment." I doubt we're going to make great strides in defining "torture."

We'll just add that to the lengthy list of terms we can't define.

*sigh* Until we need a scapegoat for something. Then whatever that individual did will be labeled "torture" and some group will be mollified.

12-16-2005	#8
MorganGrayson None $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,321	Re: Bush is wrong, again!! I had to tape "NCIS" because my husband was at school and we watched it last night. Their new agent, from the Moussad, was assigned to interrogate a prisoner. She raised an eyebrow and said "you do realize I've never interrogated anyone without some kind of physical pain involved?" One of the things I dislike the most about humans is their tendency to "paint with too broad a brush." Torture, like just about everything else, comes in "kinds." What kind of torture are we talking about here? Pliers on the testicles? That thing psychologists do with lights, darkness, loud music, etc., that causes the personality to break down? We're the nation that has yet to come up with a definition for "cruel and unusual punishment." I doubt we're going to make great strides in defining "torture." We'll just add that to the lengthy list of terms we can't define. sigh Until we need a scapegoat for something. Then whatever that individual did will be labeled "torture" and some group will be mollified.