Torture states love

[solarbird]

A brief history of the new bipartisan acceptance of torture.

Torture states hate being wrong, so make up reasons to send you to jail.

Torture states love redefining "private" to mean "not private."

Torture states don't really care about counterexamples, because effectiveness isn't the point.

Torture states take pride in torture. "Three Cheers for Waterboarding... Waterboarding is something of which every American should be proud."

Comments

[risu.livejournal.com]

This is *the* mistake, dude. Means. Ends. All that bringing anguish does is bring anguish; it doesn't keep people safe. It doesn't matter how much you think you're trying to keep people safe while doing it. It doesn't matter how much you *say* you're trying to keep people safe while doing it. You need a spirit of service, a heart for protecting *everybody*, and an ironclad *devotion* to the rule of law if you want to make a difference and save people's lives and liberties.

Or else all you're doing is tormenting people with one hand and writing your legal defense with the other.