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Community => Serious Topics => Topic started by: Pugnate on Monday, February 23, 2009, 11:29:20 AM

Title: Oh man...
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, February 23, 2009, 11:29:20 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7906381.stm

Just read through the whole thing. It is quite terrifying. I mean, you read that, and you pray to god that he was guilty and deserved what he got. Because the alternative just crushes you.
Title: Re: Oh man...
Post by: Cobra951 on Monday, February 23, 2009, 12:01:46 PM
I started to post, then realized I have absolutely nothing of value to say about this.  What really goes on behind the scenes is unknowable to us here.  If it prevented a single slaughter of innocents, it was the right thing to do.  If the man is himself an innocent, it wasn't.  But how can we know?
Title: Re: Oh man...
Post by: Xessive on Monday, February 23, 2009, 04:07:13 PM
You gotta think about how that kind of treatment could potentially turn a man into a monster. Any man imprisoned and tortured for 6 years for no good reason would be inclined to repay his tormentors.

This is all pure speculation of course. We really don't know the truth.