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To: TimF who wrote (233738)	5/20/2005 12:24:32 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574005

At what number of reports does it take for a bell to go off suggesting that there is a problem? Now your changing the issue. "Torture is a problem" is not "Torture is a way of life". The 2nd implies that it is routine and common. I am sorry but your need for a conversation to be very literal at all times is hurting our interaction. Torture may be a once in a while problem, torture may be very prevalent, torture may be a way of life.........for the US military. I don't know specifically which one it is. However, its clear to me its not a rare event. Beyond that, its not possible for either of us to know for sure which one without being with the US military day in and day out. To expect that kind of validation in this kind of a forum is non productive and makes discussion for me difficult. And I am not clear that it adds anything to the conversation. In other words, it would help me if you eased up a bit. Having said all that, torture appears to be a fairly common technique for the US military to get information. When that torture leads to people's death or mutilation, I find that reprehensible. Unfortunately, that level of torture seems to be SOP by American troops in Afghanistan, Iraq and Gitmo. ted