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It is enlightening to see that the Joseph Mengeles and Shiro Ishiis of our times are not subject to any sanction.

Remember folks, this is only the torture that we know. There are dozens of CIA black-sites around the world about which we know next to nothing. It is not too hard to imagine a regime that can torture people via waterboarding can also torture people by, say, forced heroin withdrawal and then just kill them.

Just goes to show, the only morality is that of the victor.



To expand on the bit about there being more torture than we know: 80% of the CIA report was censored from public view.


It is enlightening to see that the Joseph Mengeles and Shiro Ishiis of our times are not subject to any sanction.

Mengele was actually pursued, but Shiro Ishii is (in)famous precisely for getting away scot-free in the most nonchalant manner possible: simply by releasing the data.


Ishii also threatened to break a jar of cholera in a room full of people. Dude was evil but at least he understood himself.


Really? Then he was stupid. Breaking a jar of cholera in a room full of people does jack shit and nothing, at most the people would need to shower. At best they should wash their hands before eating.

Cholera causes diarea, but that is about it. It is only dangerous when you don't have access to clean drinking water. Also it spreads orally.


If his threat worked then it doesn't mean he is stupid. The people that were stupid were the ones that took it seriously.


What are you talking about they did it to themselves. They tortured themselves they killed their own people. They are the monsters, no us!


Who is "they"?




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