Torture Recommended
John Quiggin raises the issue of a SMH report that reports two Australian academics are advocating the legalisation of torture.
In the SMH Mirko Bagaric says;
“Let’s say that straight after the first plane hit in New York you had a person in custody who admitted they had overheard the [September 11] organisers’ plans and knew there were going to be further attacks, but then refused to say any more. “In those circumstances you would start with a minimum degree of harm; if that didn’t work, you would escalate it. And if that unfortunately resulted in an innocent person being killed, in those circumstances that would be justified. I think as a society we would accept that one person being killed to save thousands is legitimate.”I’m sorry, I don’t see what’s wrong with that statement, although killing the guy is a bit counter-productive. Hard to get life-saving info from a corpse. For all the bleading hearts about to attack…you will simply never know just how much of this type of thing has contributed to the society that you enjoy today.
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Absolutely! It’s time all the pussy do-gooders realised we’re fighting an enemy who has no conscience, no respect for human life and nothing but a burning hatred of anything Western (i.e. civilised).
Torture may not be nice, but it’s time we adopted an “eye for an eye” policy.
Kev, a fellow Deakin academic makes the point in our paper today that no one would get the vapors over a hostage taker or terrorist getting killed in the act. Yet short-of-lethal torture is a lesser punishment but beyond the pale. Go figure.
Great to hear some sensible comments- thank goodness for Kev, Andrew Bolt& Currency Lad to keep to the truth and facts facts fact,
Been unwell for some time and not up to much but still read when I can and see enough garbage written which at least gets the adrenaline rushing and people like Kev say it so much more succinctly than me,
Keep it up and love the photo
Rose,
Trust the ‘unwell’ is heading to ‘well’ and the photos will have to be sidelined until I work out how to make them less time and space hungry.