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Originally Posted by cmac2012
Best I can tell, Muslims feel way more threatened than we do. Our armies are making inroads into their traditional lands. Trying to actually wipe them out has enormous down sides. And probably wouldn't work anyway.
IMO, torture will yield more long term disadvantage than advantage. The people who administer it become scarred and have problems resuming their normal lives, lot of evidence of that from what I've read.
This nation came into being through a process of enlightenment and a greater equity among peoples than had been the case in imperial Europe. Lowering ourself to the standards of the modern descendents of desert dwelling, bedouin throat slitters doesn't strike me as progress, especially if it's a largely fruitless exercise.
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Restrict it to those that are giving us problems whether they are active participants or just the backers.
Yeah. And kids are also being scarred when they get bad test grades so we need to boost their self esteem and not have tests. I believe in psych reports like I believe in the weatherman predicting next year's weather. However, before you can get to worry about what will happen in the long term, you have to get over the short term first. If you are not going to be alive in 20 days, best not worry about what is happening in 60.
So, if we agree to fight with swords and you see me bring a gun, what will you do? Fight me with a sword and keep your word or play with the rules at hand?