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Holder to Appoint Prosecutor for CIA Terror Investigations

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CTUCandyVendor8/24/2009 8:54:09 pm PDT

Hmm. My post above was snipped short. Weird. I was contesting the argument that a threat has no power, and trying to point out that the argument being made is false.

Fianna Logic is as follows:

A threat will not be taken seriously, unless we show we are willing to execute on that threat.

If we make the threat, we may have this ridiculous child like face saving pressure, and actually make good on the threat.

Therefore, we should never bluff, lie, or in any way lead a terrorist to feel threatened in any way outside of the bounds of the law, because he will always see right through it, and if he calls us on it, we will be forced to show him how serious we are, and the government will start shooting kids to simply prove how tough we are.
Example:
Terrorist: “Go ahead, do it!”
Interogator: “Well, ugh, I… Okay!! I will!

Since the outcome in Fianna World is ALWAYS a) terrorist will always see through our threat, and b) the government will respond by making good on the threat just to show them we “mean business” and save face, then c) by allowing threats to be issued like this, we will be sanctioning the murder of children, and therefore d) we should never make threats of any kind, in order to stop ourselves from killing children.

Did I miss anything?