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Feb. 8th, 2008 08:05 amOkay, I've got a stack of content for you and was gonna have some this morning but was a little beat after spending three-and-a-half hours at El Toro Restaurant last night.
As such, we're turning to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
fixer for today's moral dilemna:
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"So if I were to waterboard someone...would it be simply assault/battery? I mean it can't be considered attempted murder cause that would infer torture.
Unless we have fallen so far as a country that some laws are only active when the citizens act as opposed to those employed by the government. Wait, we have. But would that apply here?
What charges would be filed against me if I decided consciously to waterboard someone I caught breaking into my home, to find out why they were there, and who sent them?"
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I encourage you to read the cultural history of waterboarding, too.
As always when we discuss things like this, insulting or degrading comments will be frozen or deleted.
As such, we're turning to
fixer for today's moral dilemna:---------
"So if I were to waterboard someone...would it be simply assault/battery? I mean it can't be considered attempted murder cause that would infer torture.
Unless we have fallen so far as a country that some laws are only active when the citizens act as opposed to those employed by the government. Wait, we have. But would that apply here?
What charges would be filed against me if I decided consciously to waterboard someone I caught breaking into my home, to find out why they were there, and who sent them?"
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I encourage you to read the cultural history of waterboarding, too.
As always when we discuss things like this, insulting or degrading comments will be frozen or deleted.
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Okay, sure, you have to sign up with the New York Times online to read this, but they don’t bombard you with ads or anything.
Trust me, you NEED to read this:
Lawyers Decided Bans on Torture Didn't Bind Bush
benjamin sTone
Urbana, IL
06/08/04
10:05am
CURRENT SOUND: The dehumidifier in the basement and my cat cleaning itself
CURRENT COUNTRY I WANT TO RELOCATE TO, SO THAT I NO LONGER HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS MANIAC: Iceland
Okay, sure, you have to sign up with the New York Times online to read this, but they don’t bombard you with ads or anything.
Trust me, you NEED to read this:
Lawyers Decided Bans on Torture Didn't Bind Bush
benjamin sTone
Urbana, IL
06/08/04
10:05am
CURRENT SOUND: The dehumidifier in the basement and my cat cleaning itself
CURRENT COUNTRY I WANT TO RELOCATE TO, SO THAT I NO LONGER HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS MANIAC: Iceland
