rvg, some couple of years later?

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I guess the lesson is that the political conditions that allow torture don't vanish overnight, and the defenders of torture will persevere in the face of overwhelming evidence and public consensus.

How's life in the echo-zone?

"How do you feel about the use of torture against suspected terrorists to obtain information about terrorism activities? Can that often be justified, sometimes be justified, rarely be justified, or never be justified?" Options rotated
		Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	5/5-9/11	25	35	14	25	2
	1/12-17/10	23	29	19	27	3
	5/28 - 6/1/09	20	32	18	29	1

"Do you think it is sometimes justified to use waterboarding and other aggressive interrogation tactics to get information from a suspected terrorist, or are these tactics never justified?"
		Sometimes justified	Never justified	Depends (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	11/6-10/11	45	40	6	9
	Republicans	70	20	5	5
	Democrats	35	48	6	11
	Independents	37	46	8	9
	4/22-26/09	37	46	7	10

How do like the trend?

We were blanketed with enough propaganda to cause a noticeable distortion, e.g. most people are now willing to define torture as "something really unpleasant" or at least say that it's torture but that torture can be justified. And frankly I'm not too optimistic about it wearing off. There's evidently something too satisfying to people about perpetuating the idea.

[Fragony]

How's life in the echo-zone?

"How do you feel about the use of torture against suspected terrorists to obtain information about terrorism activities? Can that often be justified, sometimes be justified, rarely be justified, or never be justified?" Options rotated
		Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	5/5-9/11	25	35	14	25	2
	1/12-17/10	23	29	19	27	3
	5/28 - 6/1/09	20	32	18	29	1

"Do you think it is sometimes justified to use waterboarding and other aggressive interrogation tactics to get information from a suspected terrorist, or are these tactics never justified?"
		Sometimes justified	Never justified	Depends (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	11/6-10/11	45	40	6	9
	Republicans	70	20	5	5
	Democrats	35	48	6	11
	Independents	37	46	8	9
	4/22-26/09	37	46	7	10

How do like the trend?

We were blanketed with enough propaganda to cause a noticeable distortion, e.g. most people are now willing to define torture as "something really unpleasant" or at least say that it's torture but that torture can be justified. And frankly I'm not too optimistic about it wearing off. There's evidently something too satisfying to people about perpetuating the idea.

Must admit that I feel it is sometimes justified.