tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post112864277135418599..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: CounterintelligenceRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1128691630345362222005-10-07T09:27:00.000-04:002005-10-07T09:27:00.000-04:00"at what point IS it a question of torture?"An exc..."at what point IS it a question of torture?"<BR/><BR/>An excellent question, shamgar. However, the statements following it lead one to surmise that the question is merely a rhetorical roadblock to prevent the very discussion that the query ostensibly invites.<BR/><BR/>I have no problem with some starvation (not to the point of death or vital organs shutting down, for example). I have no problem with detention, sleep deprivation, loud music, deception, and even humiliation. <BR/><BR/>The abuses of Abu Ghraib were not the result of a lack of definition on what constitutes "torture", but a lack of adherence to those definitions. Similarly, the "controversy" of Guantanamo results not from torture, but of the Left's (via the MSM) paranoid fantasies of possible torture, which have by and large been debunked - the infamous "Koran flushing" allegations being the proverbial tip of the iceberg in that regard.<BR/><BR/>In short, this boils down to several individuals that need to be and have been singled out for excesses and abuses rather than a systemic institutional policy of inhumane treatment.EAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649331234241764065noreply@blogger.com