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Also, Cuba.

• happyscrappy 12y ago
  Also, Christmas.
  • mikeash 12y ago
    Far more important IMO is the simple fact that a large number of Americans, possibly a majority, support torturing suspected terrorists and think that the only thing wrong with this whole affair was that the report was published.
    • happyscrappy 12y ago
      Don't take what a clown like Cheney says as gospel. Many Republicans and most Democrats take these things seriously and do not want to stoop to the level of the Taliban.
      • crazypyro 12y ago
        The whole idea of "America doesn't torture because we are the good guys" is a relic of the cold war.
        • anigbrowl 12y ago
          No it isn't. We prosecuted US officers for doing the exact same thing in the Phillippine-American war, albeit not very energetically.
    • ulfw 12y ago
      A large number of Americans also believe the Earth is only a few thousand years old and insist their children are being taught their believes as 'facts' in schools.
      • mikeash 12y ago
        Yes, these are also serious problems, but I'm not sure what the relevance is here.
        • CamperBob2 12y ago
          The relevance of the GP's statement lies in three controversial-sounding assertions that are rapidly becoming irrefutable: 1) Most people are dumbasses 2) Often willfully so 3) This has troubling implications for democracy, representative or otherwise These assertions, if true, affect everything in our public and private lives, including the development and dissemination of the story at hand.