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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (35465)	10/25/2001 7:00:56 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

And what if it was the wrong person? Grief stricken people are stupid. They do extremely foolish things. That is why people are advised to make no big decisions after the death of a spouse. They certainly shouldn't be setting policy on torture. It is not fully reasonable to ask anyone to torture anyone else. It is the height of inhuman barbarity. You can of course argue that there are reasons to sink to inhuman barbarity. Quite frankly I don't think I would even if I were crippled by grief. I hope that I would not. To do that is to lose one's humanity. It is easy to hold on to humanity when times are easy, and you feel no pain. The ONLY test of your humanity is in those times when you are tempted to be barbaric.

To: Bill who wrote (35465)	10/25/2001 7:10:47 PM
From: bonnuss_in_austin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

As I understand kidnapping, murder laws, etc., ...parents are dependent upon local community law enforcement agencies, such as the Austin Police Dept. here, as first-line defense in investigation. Lawyers -- is this correct? Detectives are assigned to work each case. And is it true that the FBI becomes involved in kidnapping cases? Not homicide, though. Correct? Perhaps I read too many great fictional authors in this genre (two are John Sandford and Robert Tanenbaum, Ed McBain from years past) ... but I rather imagine that some sorts of 'torture' might be involved in shaking info out of suspects. Is this new? Are laws that condone physical torture necessary? (Hey: forget that I ask this if it provokes five days of 'objective discussion' among the 'moderates,' okay? I won't read it.) -g- bia