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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 04:50 PM
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Would you agree torture was OK If ...
the earth had about 10 days left due to global warming and you just wanted to get revenge on those who put us in that situation?
Sorry - feeling grumpy today.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 04:51 PM
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1. I would approve Torture for all Repukes ONLY. No one else.
:)
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fasttense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 04:53 PM
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2. I know you are joking.
But seriously, I couldn't idly stand by while even repukes are tortured.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 04:57 PM
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3. Yeah - I probably shouldn't have posted this
I am just so tired of the thought that torture is even being discussed as an option in America. I still continue to have a hard time believing that half the country thinks it is ok.
And while we waste time on talking about torture, our planet (the only one we have) gets sicker and sicker.
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 04:57 PM
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4. Gonna have to plead the 5th on this one n/t
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 04:59 PM
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6. Chicken!
:rofl:
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Egalitariat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 04:59 PM
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5. If somebody did something horrible to my family, I'd torture them myself
It would be illegal, but OK.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 05:00 PM
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7. no, never. Torturing others removes your own humanity
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 05:03 PM
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8. Ya know what Lerk?
I'm not sure all of my humanity is intact anymore.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 05:08 PM
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9. sorry to hear that, but I understand. there are some things I will never do.
torture is one of them.

never, ever.

I might, conceivable, at some point kill someone if my own life or my familie's life were at stake, though I still doubt it.

but I know I would never, ever torture. My own life is worth too much to me than to waste it on such evil.
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NYVet Donating Member (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 05:27 PM
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10. You harm a member of my family...
And I will answer to a jury of my peers for what I did to you.

Torture, maim, kill if necessary. I really don't care.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 05:33 PM
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12. and then?
you will have done the same or worse as the other, and thrown your own life way in the bargain.

Would not then the other's family have the same right to torture and maim you in return? where does it stop?
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NYVet Donating Member (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 05:48 PM
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14. I really don't care what his or her family says.
That person who attacked my family member would be dealt with, and my life is expendable.

I know that I would pass onto the next life happy, because IMO, my family means more to me than my own life.
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 05:32 PM
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11. Where would you find enough water?
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dkofos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 05:34 PM
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13. Torture is only OK if used against torturers.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 06:11 PM
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15. A "W'04" Sticker stands for, "We Consent to Being Waterboarded 4 Times."
Be sure the "W" is NOT on a picture of a chocolate-chip cookie. That means they're from Whitman, Mass, and not necessarily Bush supporters.

Sorry about those middle fingers last year, Whitmanites.
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