Torture Lite

Let’s get some things straight. Nobody is a bad as the Nazi’s and Stalinist’s and “engaging in practices pretty close to torture” is not torture. One of the reasons America is politically debilitated is our propensity to use poetry rather than prose in our debates. We are more concerned with winning the argument than with stating the truth. You can thank postmodernism for this.
So, does torture work?

  • Newsweek boldly says, “No,” for the most part at least.
  • Slate grudgingly admits that “torture” has gained valuable knowledge that has stopped terrorist acts.