tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post6728673805945969680..comments2024-03-17T00:23:24.896-07:00Comments on Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern Left: The US Republican Front Runners: All in Favour of Torture! Lord Keyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-81598306480977612342016-02-25T05:37:25.524-08:002016-02-25T05:37:25.524-08:00Good questions. Waterboarding is not torture, that...Good questions. Waterboarding is not torture, that's the whole point of it. Opponents of republicans are often very slippery in this area. Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-59405792491966125222016-02-25T04:42:44.936-08:002016-02-25T04:42:44.936-08:00A confusing element of the whole torture issue is:...A confusing element of the whole torture issue is:<br /><br />1) According to the torture memos, no act was ever authorized from the top that would fall into the legal definition of torture, but always just barely outside it.<br /><br />2) American political candidates are supporting the use of torture.<br /><br />Which one is it? That torture is bad but actual torture was never conducted or that torture is good and that actual torture was conducted.<br /><br />Very confusing for me.Prateekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15287835907015065883noreply@blogger.com