enhanced interrogation

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 ...I mean torture, of course.  Republicans like to justify torture with the 24-style ticking bomb scenario: THERE IS A BOMB, WE HAVE CAPTURED A TERRORIST WHO KNOWS WHERE IT IS, THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO GET TO IT, AND OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT THE TERRORIST KNOWS, SO ZOMG DO WE TORTURE?

Ignoring that this doesn't actually happen in real life, consider

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That's a really nice analysis.

Violence breeds violence. It might be effective in the very short run, but in the long run it makes your position much more threatened.

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Thanks :)

But on the other hand, violence breeds ratings. And ratings breed money, and money breeds....violence. So actually we get there either way.

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I LOVE YOU.

This. SO much this.

*incoherent with agreement*

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*incoherent with agreement with the idea of agreeing with me*

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Lmao, I sometimes wonder if America really does have a Jack Bauer....

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...sometimes I wonder if Rahm Emanuel is secretly America's Jack Bauer.

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Oooh, I like the way you think.

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I like the way I think too.

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BECAUSE REPUBLICANS ARE ALIENS.

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