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To: Bill who wrote (19028)8/8/2002 1:14:42 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 21057
 
I don't know that an opposition to torture equates with a contempt for victims. Nor do I think that a partiality toward torture is a distinction of "conservatism".

A reluctance to enshrine torture as a legitimate "right" of the State is not definitive of either conservatism or liberalism. I know many conservatives who are opposed to torture under most circumstances. Something about the Constitution, I believe...


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