Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Moral Superiority Or Stupidity?

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From
September 2, 2009

Grieving mothers still wait for answers on Beslan massacre anniversary


The same mentality that brought our 9/11 tragedy brought this horrific tragedy to Russia. But let's step back from those events and focus on how we might be giving the perpetrators of such events too rough an interrogation.

Better to let thousands of children die than frighten one terrorist with fake drowning. Better to punish the interrogators than the perpetrators. The Scots have set a fine example: let them all go free... for humanitarian reasons.
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
George Orwell, "1984", first sentence
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