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Optimistic Misanthrope ([info]deadwood) wrote in [info]unfunnybusiness,
@ 2009-05-29 18:48:00


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Another thing Cookies are good for.
I just felt I should share this after the absolute horror that was the article on the torture pics.  Yet another reason that that kind of thing is Not Necessary.

In this article we learn that A key al Qaeda suspect offered useful intelligence after receiving sugar-free cookies. No need for waterboarding or any other form of torture - he gave information after being treated like a human being.

and

In this article lies a quote by Eric Maddox that I like a lot: "There is nothing intelligent about torture...If you have to inflict pain, then you've lost control of the situation, the subject and yourself."


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[info]alienist
2009-05-31 04:41 am UTC (link)
You'd think common sense would tell you that. If you're being tortured, you tell your interrogator any damn thing they want to hear.

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