The difference on detainees
After listening to the rhetoric on both sides, I've come to the conclusion that within the middle of the debate over Guantanamo, torture, renditions, and detainee trials rests one core difference of perception.
Those who support these policies hold the assumption that every person subjected to these measures is, in fact, guilty and properly identified. They assume no mistakes, ever.
Whereas from my side, I just can't accept that assumption of infallible competence.
Those who support these policies hold the assumption that every person subjected to these measures is, in fact, guilty and properly identified. They assume no mistakes, ever.
Whereas from my side, I just can't accept that assumption of infallible competence.
posted by mikevotes at
8:06 AM
2 Comments:
That is really the point isn't it. The difference between terrorists and suspects.
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Praguetwin, at 5:30 PM
Short of the broader moral argument over whether the US should torture at all, it seems a key underpinning of the pro-torture side.
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mikevotes, at 5:58 PM
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