US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program

Re:US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program by programmarchy on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @02:18AM (#8728062)

The root of the problem is that the state is a monopoly on violence. What is a "citizen" supposed to do? Vote for the red master or the blue master next time? It makes no difference.

The best thing a "citizen" can do is recognize the state is foundationally unethical and has no legitimate political authority and never did. [1] Once we leave behind the mysticism of state authority, perhaps we can find better ways to organize society in ways that are ethically sound.

[1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Problem_of_Political_Auth...

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Re:US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program by mcv on Friday December 12, 2014 @09:10AM (#8740029)

How is that going to help you? Going rogue on your own is not going to get these people in prison, or prevent that it will happen again.

You need people on your side. You need a majority of Americans on your side. And once you've got that, you can vote the politicians out of office, elect some better ones, and finally see justice done. And maybe before that, you can use the threat of this happening to get the current crop of politicians to finally care about justice.

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Re:US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program by patronagezero on Friday December 12, 2014 @12:22PM (#8741351)

You keep playing their games. I'm going to get busy looking for solutions with an actual possibility of success.

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Re:US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program by mcv on Monday December 15, 2014 @05:23AM (#8751334)

You say that, but your dismissive attitude to the solution sounds like you're doing the exact opposite. Do you really honestly think you can solve the problem on your own?

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