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HereSince1628

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2. Words have multiple meanings...some formal some not. Parsers parse.

Reply to Donald Ian Rankin (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2014, 10:25 AM

Dec 2014

In the minds of many "patriots" are persons whose behavior is seen as something to be modeled.

Parsers parse...

Bush and Cheney didn't lie, they didn't torture, they enhanced interrogations, and the work itself was outsourced so that they could have plausible deniability, if ever a need for self-defense was required.

But no one ever expects that need to actually arise. Because the US, like many nations, can't see their nation or their patriots as every doing anything that wasn't necessitated.

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Of course most of the people who tortured for the CIA are patriots. So what? [View all] Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2014 OP

They were only following orders. Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #1

Words have multiple meanings...some formal some not. Parsers parse. HereSince1628 Dec 2014 #2

From a purely logical and technical standpoint, you're correct. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #3

Yes, I agree with that, but I think they shouldn't. Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2014 #4