tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post8358065178697851220..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: Torture Apologists On ParadeDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-65153153345354046382009-05-14T11:01:00.000-07:002009-05-14T11:01:00.000-07:00I agree. If we're going to open up the govt to thi...I agree. If we're going to open up the govt to this kind of scrutiny, it needs to be comprehensive.Mike at The Big Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510309563965977831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-57635142242360114442009-05-14T10:56:00.000-07:002009-05-14T10:56:00.000-07:00I've no problem with them going all the way back. ...I've no problem with them going all the way back. Why should I? Everyone who tortures should get what's coming to them. Why shouldn't they?Andre Viennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864186604162631554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-39187778159054779912009-05-14T04:06:00.000-07:002009-05-14T04:06:00.000-07:00So you don't think anyone was tortured or imprison...So you don't think anyone was tortured or imprisoned wrongfully under previous administrations?Mike at The Big Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510309563965977831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-46393170657153179772009-05-14T02:27:00.000-07:002009-05-14T02:27:00.000-07:00No, my implication is that they openly violated th...No, my implication is that they openly violated the law. They bragged about it. Nothing happened, except that Congress tried to pass laws that made it all legal. They made it OK for the government to imprison people without trial and torture them. The government can now do whatever it wants to whomever it wants, as far as it's concerned. All they have to do is say you're a terrorist.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-78334645895730393652009-05-13T18:54:00.000-07:002009-05-13T18:54:00.000-07:00So your implication is not that torturing was the ...So your implication is not that torturing was the problem, but rather it was that they didn't hide it well enough?Mike at The Big Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510309563965977831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-72750794144803840952009-05-13T14:01:00.000-07:002009-05-13T14:01:00.000-07:00I have a counter-proposal, Mike, why don't we star...I have a counter-proposal, Mike, why don't we start at the point where America's leaders openly violated the law to perform torture. Oh, wait, that's 2001. No Democratic Presidents fit that definition yet.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-35662119308640842702009-05-13T08:04:00.000-07:002009-05-13T08:04:00.000-07:00I'm not going to hold my breath for a response her...I'm not going to hold my breath for a response here, but just in case...<br /><br />If you want torture investigations, truth commissions, etc then are you okay with them going all the way back to 1947 when the CIA was founded?Mike at The Big Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510309563965977831noreply@blogger.com