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Changelog: On Torture

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lostlakehiker11/04/2010 5:40:32 pm PDT

re: #45 Mark Winter

We could never define a “legit” ticking bomb scenario. Because there are millions. All different. No law could decide which one could be “legit”.

Therefore no situation could ever justify torture

Generalizations are generally wrong in a few outlying cases.

You can’t say “never”. You can say that whoever does the waterboarding, and whoever orders it, must die. But if the issue is sufficiently serious, they’ll give that order anyway and pay the price.

That defines “legit”. It’s so important, it’s so sure to work, you’ll give your own life.