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Originally posted by sgtclub
But you are missing my point. Our civil rights and basic human dignities at home are neither guaranteed nor written in stone. It is up to us to defend them.
I started off this discussion saying that I was torn on the issue because the stakes in war are so high that a win at all costs attitude may be necessary. Let me throw this back at you. Would it be better for us to not torture, even if that meant losing the fight and, in turn, our civil rights and basic human dignities?
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Let me suggest that if we view them as being dispensable, we are in the process of losing the the fight. If we truly believe we can torture people under any circumstances
and that such behavior should be condoned by society, what basic human dignity is left? We have tossed it aside in the name of expedience.
