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In response to "Good people rarely turn to crime and terror no matter what their circumstances? -- nm" by Name Withheld By Request

i think years of being treated with waterboarding and torture for information might just turn anyone from 'good.' -- nm

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Jan 23 '09, 07:48

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Yet, there are countless examples of people who have gone through as trying or even more trying circumstances and haven't. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 23, 07:57 2
- there are always examples of being being strong, and of people being weak. i never said 'every person will become a terrorist' - but i can understand - Andie Jan 23, 07:59 1
  - I'm not suggesting that you are being universal in your statement. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 23, 08:05
I guess I have my doubts that this is what is truly happening there on a regular basis to the average detainee -- nm - oblique Jan 23, 07:52 11
- ah, see, i don't. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 07:53 10
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    - there's a huge difference between a handful of prisoners vs. daily torture as a rule to the population -- nm - oblique Jan 23, 08:01
    - right (i was saying i don't have any problem believing that torture is pretty much the norm) -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 08:01 1
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  - (It's why they are there - so that the normal standards don't need to be followed.) -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 07:54 5
    - though they have said they've only waterboarded like 5 guys (or maybe 3?). the rest of them just get the 'augmented interrogation techniques' -- nm - mafic Jan 23, 07:59
    - Military vs. civilian trial standards perhaps - oblique Jan 23, 07:58 3
      - This is my understanding. That the evidence to hold them wouldn't hold up in a US court, but they wanted to hold the prisoners nonetheless. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 23, 07:59 2
        
        yep, military courts have different - loosilu Jan 23, 08:01
        
        so, that's okay? by our owns laws we can't keep you, so.... we'll keep you anyway, just not "here". -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 08:00

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