SirRealism
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- Nov 17, 2008
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I've continued to enjoy the well-thought-out responses in this thread.
After all has been said (as if it has ), the thread has bolstered my original opinion. I believe waterboarding should be illegal as a matter of course (otherwise it'd be used too often), but I believe that if I were in the position of authority (whether that be the President or the commander in the given hypothetical situation), I'm sure I'd authorize it in order to save lives.
I've always known that even in a civilized society, there are people whose positions require that they do things outside what we consider to be our accepted standards and laws.
If that seems contradictory, then so are a great many things. That's just part of life.
After all has been said (as if it has ), the thread has bolstered my original opinion. I believe waterboarding should be illegal as a matter of course (otherwise it'd be used too often), but I believe that if I were in the position of authority (whether that be the President or the commander in the given hypothetical situation), I'm sure I'd authorize it in order to save lives.
I've always known that even in a civilized society, there are people whose positions require that they do things outside what we consider to be our accepted standards and laws.
If that seems contradictory, then so are a great many things. That's just part of life.