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Re:CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach ... by rendall on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:25PM (#30692751)
I can ask it no clearer: Given that your counterfactual is an exceedingly rare edge case, why do you feel it is important to counter the valuable moral heuristic of "torture=bad"? What are you gaining by doing that?
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Re:CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach ... by ALittleLight on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:44PM (#30692933)
If I said "All prime numbers are odd" I would not question what you gain by bringing up the example of 2.
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Re:CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach ... by rendall on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:57PM (#30693046)
We're talking about torture, not mathematics. Ok. Feel free to have the last word.
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