Comments on: Meet The Face Of Satan http://hillstreetblahg.com/2008/12/02/meet-the-face-of-satan/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:58:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: steadyteddy http://hillstreetblahg.com/2008/12/02/meet-the-face-of-satan/comment-page-1/#comment-768 steadyteddy Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:02:10 +0000 http://hillstreetblahg.com/?p=1428#comment-768 Your analogy is ridiculous, Ron. Beating your wife and war are so far apart from this argument. I am not a scholar or warrior so I think that trusting those who are more knowledgable than I with my well-being is a safe bet. I would rather get behind my military when things get tough than a bunch of journalists. People all over the world are lying, cheating, stealing, praying and begging to get into the United States. I don't think any of them would change their mind because our military professionals have determined to use waterboarding as a way to keep us safer. We don't know the whole story and probably never will. I, for one, don't need to... just keep on keeping me safe. (NO TERRORIST ATTACKS SINCE 9/11) P.S> Americans have been tortured! Your analogy is ridiculous, Ron. Beating your wife and war are so far apart from this argument. I am not a scholar or warrior so I think that trusting those who are more knowledgable than I with my well-being is a safe bet. I would rather get behind my military when things get tough than a bunch of journalists. People all over the world are lying, cheating, stealing, praying and begging to get into the United States. I don’t think any of them would change their mind because our military professionals have determined to use waterboarding as a way to keep us safer. We don’t know the whole story and probably never will. I, for one, don’t need to… just keep on keeping me safe. (NO TERRORIST ATTACKS SINCE 9/11)
P.S> Americans have been tortured!

]]> By: Ron http://hillstreetblahg.com/2008/12/02/meet-the-face-of-satan/comment-page-1/#comment-767 Ron Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:44:45 +0000 http://hillstreetblahg.com/?p=1428#comment-767 This has nothing to do with the New York Times - The story of Henry Kolm is historical fact. That it was not in an "approved" publication for you makes no difference. And I'm not sticking up for the bad guys; I'm trying to stress that using the methods of interrogation that enact torture do not work. You can gain a great deal of information without pulling out someone's fingernails or waterboarding them. We should absolutely try to extract information from our enemies, but if an American soldier or citizen was tortured in an interrogation we'd be up in arms about it. Why should it be different for an enemy from another country? That'd be like saying it's OK to beat your wife, but as soon as she hits you back it's unacceptable. This has nothing to do with the New York Times – The story of Henry Kolm is historical fact. That it was not in an “approved” publication for you makes no difference. And I’m not sticking up for the bad guys; I’m trying to stress that using the methods of interrogation that enact torture do not work. You can gain a great deal of information without pulling out someone’s fingernails or waterboarding them.

We should absolutely try to extract information from our enemies, but if an American soldier or citizen was tortured in an interrogation we’d be up in arms about it. Why should it be different for an enemy from another country? That’d be like saying it’s OK to beat your wife, but as soon as she hits you back it’s unacceptable.

]]> By: The Hillman http://hillstreetblahg.com/2008/12/02/meet-the-face-of-satan/comment-page-1/#comment-765 The Hillman Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:39:24 +0000 http://hillstreetblahg.com/?p=1428#comment-765 Ron, Am I reading your comment correctly and is it my imagination that you appear to be sticking up for the bad guys? I hope I'm wrong. You don't seem to be grasping the content of my post. Regarding your link to the Washington Post Article. Very interesting article but not unlike the New York Times, The WP sticks up for the bad guys most of the time too. Ron,
Am I reading your comment correctly and is it my imagination that you appear to be sticking up for the bad guys? I hope I’m wrong. You don’t seem to be grasping the content of my post. Regarding your link to the Washington Post Article. Very interesting article but not unlike the New York Times, The WP sticks up for the bad guys most of the time too.

]]> By: Ron http://hillstreetblahg.com/2008/12/02/meet-the-face-of-satan/comment-page-1/#comment-764 Ron Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:23:51 +0000 http://hillstreetblahg.com/?p=1428#comment-764 Well, seeing as this didn't happen in the United States, I'm not sure what you're getting at. Our country was never directly threatened by this attack. Yes, American citizens were, but there's most likely an American in every major city in the world at this very moment. Also, torture has been proven to be ineffective at getting credible information. Take a look at the story of Henry Kolm, who extracted a great deal of information from Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess. How did he do it? By playing Chess with him. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/05/AR2007100502492.html Well, seeing as this didn’t happen in the United States, I’m not sure what you’re getting at. Our country was never directly threatened by this attack. Yes, American citizens were, but there’s most likely an American in every major city in the world at this very moment.

Also, torture has been proven to be ineffective at getting credible information. Take a look at the story of Henry Kolm, who extracted a great deal of information from Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess. How did he do it? By playing Chess with him.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/05/AR2007100502492.html

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