Sunday, January 18, 2009

The sociopaths among us

Mukasey Cites Risk in Using Term 'Torture' - WSJ.com
"Torture is a crime," Mr. Mukasey said in an interview Friday, adding that he worried "about the effect on…the work of fine intelligence lawyers who are called on to make judgments on questions like that, often under tremendous time pressure -- not to mention the pressure of an attack that killed 3000 people [and caused worry that] maybe there was going to be another one."
Try this on and see how it fits:

"Genocide is a crime," Mr. Himmler said in an interview Friday, adding that he worried "about the effect on…the work of fine soldiers and public servants who are called on to make judgments on questions like that, often under tremendous time pressure -- not to mention the pressure of a stab-in-the-back attack that lost a war [and caused worry that] maybe there was going to be another one."

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