01-23-2009, 08:44 AM
So to be clear, your position is that using methods some call "torture" to obtain intelligence from known terrorists is no different than people walking into the middle of a shopping center and blowing themselves up along with hundreds of innocent civilians?
There is an insurmountable difference. It's not "lowering ourselves" to their level. Their level initiates these methods for the sole purpose of inflicting harm. They do it for one reason - to kill people. Additionally, we're not doing it to kill at all. We're doing it to extract intelligence. How are those even remotely the same?
Secondly, it's not "just" to get info. Any information that spares the lives of innocent people is hardly "just" information.
These scumbags are not worthy of compassion or empathy. They are murderers of innocent people. You'll have to forgive me if I don't shed a tear at the thought of them being waterboarded.
There is an insurmountable difference. It's not "lowering ourselves" to their level. Their level initiates these methods for the sole purpose of inflicting harm. They do it for one reason - to kill people. Additionally, we're not doing it to kill at all. We're doing it to extract intelligence. How are those even remotely the same?
Secondly, it's not "just" to get info. Any information that spares the lives of innocent people is hardly "just" information.
These scumbags are not worthy of compassion or empathy. They are murderers of innocent people. You'll have to forgive me if I don't shed a tear at the thought of them being waterboarded.