re: #299 McSpiff

I agree, but I still think that’s largely orthogonal to the issue of legality, since we’re now discussing expressly extra(para? I’m awful with these things…)-legal situations.

Ok… maybe I shouldn’t be mixing thoughts like I am. I’ll make it simple…

It should be illegal… any form of torture. It’s immoral and wrong. There should be laws on the books, and no government offical should ever suggest that torture is acceptable.

No law on the books is going to stop our government from using it if they deem that the situation is dangerous enough and thousands of life could be saved from an impending terrorist operation.