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Re: The U.S. Media’s Moral Relativity on Torture

DLS — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:46:18 -0000

There is no moral relativism (to use the correct term). All but a fringe know it is torture (and the fringe who honestly deny it is torture often support it, which is why they&#39re fringey), and the Bush-Cheney legal game-playing was just that, a legalistic campaign, not impugning everyone else, much less the USA, which isn&#39t the Evil Nation among the world some would insist we are. Compounding the legal games the Bush-Cheney inner circle played was the nature of the people who simply used that as one of many excuses to express their hatred and vile behavior toward any favored non-PC object -- they always have looked worse than the Bush-Cheney people themselves.

Re: The U.S. Media’s Moral Relativity on Torture

DLS — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:46:18 -0000

There is no moral relativism (to use the correct term). All but a fringe know it is torture (and the fringe who honestly deny it is torture often support it, which is why they're fringey), and the Bush-Cheney legal game-playing was just that, a legalistic campaign, not impugning everyone else, much less the USA, which isn't the Evil Nation among the world some would insist we are. Compounding the legal games the Bush-Cheney inner circle played was the nature of the people who simply used that as one of many excuses to express their hatred and vile behavior toward any favored non-PC object -- they always have looked worse than the Bush-Cheney people themselves.

Re: The U.S. Media’s Moral Relativity on Torture

GreenDreams — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:36:53 -0000

What&#39s the big deal? I think it was jwest who described this kind of stuff, not as torture, but simply "somewhat uncomfortable interviews".

Re: The U.S. Media’s Moral Relativity on Torture

GreenDreams — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:36:53 -0000

What's the big deal? I think it was jwest who described this kind of stuff, not as torture, but simply "somewhat uncomfortable interviews".

Re: The U.S. Media’s Moral Relativity on Torture

kathykattenburg — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:55:15 -0000

Well, I agree with you, Father_Time.

Re: The U.S. Media’s Moral Relativity on Torture

Father_Time — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:43:59 -0000

Sure we are hypocrites. I wonder what nations are not hypocrites concerning such behavior. Again, my greatest concern, is that nobody above the enlisted rank of E-6 was ever prosecuted for torture at Abu Gareb. That is disgusting.

Re: The U.S. Media’s Moral Relativity on Torture

kathykattenburg — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:55:15 -0000

Well, I agree with you, Father_Time.

Re: The U.S. Media’s Moral Relativity on Torture

Father_Time — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:43:59 -0000