The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Interrogation is not an issue of only finding out new information. A good interrogator will always ask many, many questions - by far the majority - that they already know the answers to. When the subject lies, they inform the subject of the real answer.

And Flippy.....hypotheticals are dealt with ALL the time. And really, I don't see this as exceptionally hypothetical. It is not difficult to surmise that political parties spin the decisions of their party members in one way and identical actions of the other party in the complete opposite.

A) Sure. I said nothing about standard interrogation procedure. No disagreement here. But the major justification of waterboarding is (can you deny this?) that we gained big important life-saving information from it. So, I'm eager to know more about that information.

B) Of course everybody spins. But saying that you know how democrats would react in a hypothetical situation is not evidence, and it's equally eye-rolling for me when the other side does it, too.

It's a horse that has been flogged in the Daily Grind many many times. I really enjoy learning new facts that shed light on the issues, and I welcome them even when they come from the other side of the aisle. (Sometimes the truth really does sting - that's fine) But hypothetical "I know what your lot would do" adds nothing to the conversation for me. I stand by this, and apologize in advance if I misunderstood your intent somehow.