Mermaid .
Sent: 09 September 2002 05:12 PM
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There are Virian virtues and Virian Saints. We have the Virian sins of
Dogma, Apathy and Hypocrisy. I think we should have a Virian Hall of
Shame.
And I nominate Alan Dershowitz, lawyer, part time civil liberatarian,
Pollard supporter, torture advocate and full time apologist for
murdering
state of Israel.
In his new book, Why Terrorism Works(
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300097662/qid=1031583350/sr=2-1/
ref=sr_2_1/002-0376452-5731206
), Alan Dershowitz advocates collective punishment, torture and national
ID
cards. A staunch supporter of a hard core administration in Israel to
replace the old windbag and softie, Ariel Sharon, Alan Dershowitz
recommends
shoving sterilized(how thoughtful) needles under fingernails as a form
of
torture. As reviewer (
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43691-2002Sep5.html ),
James
Braford(Author of Body of Secrets -
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385499086/qid=1031584018/sr=2-1/
ref=sr_2_1/002-0376452-5731206)
opines - How Nazi-like...really...
P.S.I havent read the book myself. But Alan Dershowitz has been whining
about the lack of wide spread support of torture for the longest time
before
the publication of the book.
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[Blunderov]
Maybe, ala Warren Zevon, a "Mr. Bad Example" list?
Some questions occur to me. Is torture always indefensible? Does it make
a difference if the subject is a civilian or a soldier?
What if a cost benefit analysis shows that, by torturing one person, two
might be saved? What is the precise ratio at which wrong turns into
right, if any?
If the military torture a civilian in order to save other civilians, is
this an act of justifiable terrorism?
Personally I don't believe that anyone should be tortured against their
will.
Warm regards
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