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I still don't understand why people don't use the best argument against the CIA's use of torture, which is simply that it does not work.
Because that's a tactical argument, not an ethical one. If it doesn't work, but it's OK to try, then the logical conclusion is that we should work harder to refine our tactics to find a way to make it work.
Instead, if it's just plain wrong, inhuman, and evil - then it doesn't matter if it works, or could be made to work. Then, we just don't.
Note that John McCain is the only one who makes the "it doesn't work" argument. He's trying to have it both ways - argue against it, while keeping faith with the right-wing wackos who want America to do everything to stop terrorists.
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