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This kind of seems to be a combined strategy. I mean this is not old; many of us may still remember Abu Ghraib and so forth. We now have a somewhat comparable situation: build up of enemies. See ICE raids and videos manhunting people. There always are people susceptible to do so (e. g. inflict pain onto others). The strange thing is how some "democracies" do that. Where is the net difference to a dictatorship? This is also blurred. You have a similar problem in Israel - again, tons of examples that can be given, but it seems as if this is a combined strategy originating from the top (of command chains).

The article claims that the torture box ("confinement box") is the worst torture, but some 20 years ago we had the same with waterboarding. I see a repeat of older patterns here. I wonder what those who torture other people think.

Re: Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz

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They are humans. Humans can commit atrocities. Don't let anger bring you down into that mindset.

They clearly think of anyone they don't like as not human. I am only indulging in their crime. They do what evil people would do.

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This kind of seems to be a combined strategy. I mean this is not old; many of us may still remember Abu Ghraib and so forth. We now have a somewhat comparable situation: build up of enemies. See ICE raids and videos manhunting people. There always are people susceptible to do so (e. g. inflict pain onto others). The strange thing is how some "democracies" do that. Where is the net difference to a dictatorship? This i…

> strange thing is how some "democracies" do that

the US is not a democracy.

Also, it is not a "repeat of old patterns" but continuation of things that have never been solved.

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> The people doing this should tried and executed

That won't happen. Lynndie England served 3 years and roams freely in the USA. The death penalty is wrong anyway.

> They aren't humans anymore

Congratulations. That is what the Nazis said about the Jews.

Human rights are indivisible. This is a cornerstone of western civilization.

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