Have the repubs succeeded in making torture acceptable to the average American?

Philosoraptor

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Wed Jan-02-08 06:16 AM
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Have the repubs succeeded in making torture acceptable to the average American?

And don't you find this alarming? Torturepologists on every political talk show for several years, and the result might be a softening of our acceptance for torture, the president who just can't stop talking about torture, and Gitmo still stands. Are we through the torture looking glass now?

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Wed Jan-02-08 06:23 AM
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1. nah. all the talk was a deliberate attempt to gauge what america would stand for

Edited on Wed Jan-02-08 06:24 AM by KG

i think we're just finding out what a depraved, fightened little cur the avg denizen of the 'land of the brave' truly is.

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Swamp Rat

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Wed Jan-02-08 06:34 AM
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2. What's the bid deal with just a little torture here and there?

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MiniMe

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Wed Jan-02-08 06:49 AM
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3. Not me, but then, I'm above average.

:rofl:

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Raejeanowl

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Wed Jan-02-08 08:00 AM
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4. No

I think I'll need a few more decades of it to become completely inured.

On the other hand, I will NEVER become comfortable about Rachel Ray or Martha Stewart.

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Echo In Light

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Wed Jan-02-08 08:22 AM
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5. Repeat the lies often enough = the reason 24/7 "news" was born in the 80s

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blondeatlast

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Wed Jan-02-08 09:58 AM
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6. Sadly, I think they have. That we even have a debate over whether a method used in the

Crusades and by the Viet Cong is torture shows just how successful they were at "de-intensifying" it.

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