Torture Techniques Revealed at Gitmo

[ShadeHonestus]

You don't exactly see me applauding the practice, do you ?

Never said you did.

But it remains a fact they have to do it covertly; that already keeps a stigma of moral illegitimacy attached to the whole business,

The whole business meaning a lot more than simply interrogation techniques.

If it is as valuable as deemed necessary to the extent that it has been practiced, move it out of the shadows, legistlate it and as I've said before if our taste for these matters proves wanting the argument for it cannot be maintained. But dismissing it outright and keeping it where it is, does nothing to further anyone's moral highground as that itself is exhibiting neglect and is itself illegitimate.

I rather worry over how much some people seem willing to gloss over for their own moral convenience these days...

Such as...