tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post111873101126624319..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Thinking About Not Thinking About TortureJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118800411697311242005-06-14T21:53:00.000-04:002005-06-14T21:53:00.000-04:00For the same reasons, civil libertarians of all st...<I>For the same reasons, civil libertarians of all stripes -- those who would extend constitutional rights and the protections of international law to foreign detainees wherever they're held -- don't get much traction because they have no ready answer to the question of how this would make Americans safer.</I><BR/><BR/>Why not ask one? Ben Franklin pointed out that those who would exchange Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1118783725763117622005-06-14T17:15:00.000-04:002005-06-14T17:15:00.000-04:00Yeah. Philosophical conundrums like that are fun ....Yeah. Philosophical conundrums like that are fun ... until they are put into practice.<BR/><BR/>Regarding the "slippery slope," whenever you're dealing with torture, you gotta draw a line. What makes our leaders so sure their use of torture is always justified?<BR/><BR/>I loved what you said: "In every instance the temporal advantage [of torture] became a long-term liability."<BR/><BR/>Just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com