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We were discussing torture, so whether George hung people for crimes or not in a war situation is beyond the scope of the discussion. He refused to torture anyone.Your hypothetical situation is just that: hypothetical. We can hypothesize any kind of situation in order to justify the things we wish to do. Why don't you make it a little more dire, say that these people have already confessed to killing 56 million small children, this would make torturing them even more acceptable. You miss the point, I don't know how to explain it to you.Torture is not about what OTHER people do, it's about what WE do. Is there anything--ANYTHING?--that you would not do on the basis of your own sense of moral rightness? If not, then there is nothing to discuss. If there is, then we can proceed from that point. The ball is in your court.
We were discussing torture, so whether George hung people for crimes or not in a war situation is beyond the scope of the discussion. He refused to torture anyone.
Your hypothetical situation is just that: hypothetical. We can hypothesize any kind of situation in order to justify the things we wish to do. Why don't you make it a little more dire, say that these people have already confessed to killing 56 million small children, this would make torturing them even more acceptable. You miss the point, I don't know how to explain it to you.
Torture is not about what OTHER people do, it's about what WE do. Is there anything--ANYTHING?--that you would not do on the basis of your own sense of moral rightness? If not, then there is nothing to discuss. If there is, then we can proceed from that point. The ball is in your court.
