[extropy-chat] Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment

[Samantha Atkins]

That is the biggest BS excuse for apathy I have ever heard.

- s

On Dec 20, 2005, at 11:36 AM, J. Andrew Rogers wrote:

> On Dec 19, 2005, at 8:57 PM, Olga Bourlin wrote:
>> The Nation has devoted a big portion of its issue on the subject  
>> of torture (although Bush says the US does not torture prisoners)
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> Unfortunately, the media and political class have stripped all  
> denotative value and most of the connotative value from the word  
> "torture".  Much like they have done with "terrorist".  The  
> homeopathic dilution of the words render any argument based on  
> their presumed definitions worthless.  A significant portion of the  
> apathy is the result of this fact, and the media and politicians  
> have only themselves to blame.
>
> I will listen to justifications and rationalizations that require  
> "torture" and "terrorist" when those words actually mean  
> something.  As things currently stand, everyone on this mailing  
> list is a "tortured" "terrorist" in some fashion or another.
>
>
> J. Andrew Rogers
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