Comments on: Answering Derschowitz

By: ZPDHNCX

ZPDHNCX — Fri, 20 May 2005 01:40:38 +0000

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Answering Derschowitz

By: Deleted

Deleted — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:43:01 +0000

No linkback [torture] is excellent in getting people to give you the answers you WANT, though. ... our administration can't handle the truth; the truth ... usually points in directions our leaders are uninterested in going.

By: JackLewis.net

JackLewis.net — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:43:58 +0000

Torture is in the eye of the...oh, please not the eye!!
James Joyner exposes the illogic of Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz....

By: LJD

LJD — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:07:36 +0000

What about sleep deprivation? It could be said that making your kids get up in the morning for school is a form of torture.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:50:46 +0000

This from the guy who's all upset about how eyewitness ID isn't reliable enough to convict people. (I agree with him on that, to some extent.) I guess we could replace line-ups with needle-ins until somebody confesses.

By: Fersboo

Fersboo — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:27:28 +0000

Using pepperspray to swab the eyes and mouths of protestors and/or criminals that are actively resisting arrest and/or removal would also be considered torture by the above definition.

By: Gottlieb Almanegro

Gottlieb Almanegro — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:45:57 +0000

Being tied in a chair with your eyes propped open and forced to watch Derschowitz rambling on inanely on TV .... now that would be torture.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:33:58 +0000

I'm unclear on what Dersh's point is -- considering that he was all in favor of torturing terror suspects, back before there was hope that Abu Ghraib could be used to turn public opinion against Dubya...

By: Karl Maher

Karl Maher — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:32:29 +0000

Hell yes that's torture. Not that there's anything wrong with it...

By: JakeV

JakeV — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:16:48 +0000

Dershowitz's mouth certainly seems to outrun his brain sometimes.