(THREAD ON TORTURE) Yes, waterboarding is torture. US convicted Japanese soldiers of war crimes for waterboarding in WWII. Watch video of it (not recommended)--it's obviously torture. But no, torture's not "entirely unreliable." Torture opponents should stop saying so. Here's why https://twitter.com/DocPeteyJ/status/974044222071259136 …
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Agreed, but simply 'tossing a coin' is a significantly more predictive method than that being used to validate the effectiveness of torture. As you said, "Scientifically, it's [does torture work?] impossible to answer. Can't run an experiment with a control group."
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Impossible to answer if an alternative method would have worked better. Not impossible to answer if torture worked at all. It's hotly debated. But at least some interrogators who used torture insist it works. My point is whether it works doesn't matter.http://www.newsweek.com/2015/10/16/former-cia-interrogator-david-martines-story-380520.html …
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Sounds like we are in violent agreement.
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