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gamahuche8 months, 1 week ago

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It's hard to imagine that this news could bring anything but intense relief to every human being on the planet.
I cannot myself express joy about it because the shame that this ever took place at all is not in any way being expiated.
There is also a question in my mind about what may still be permitted and/or that someone might turn a blind eye to some continuing abuse.
The third caveat that I have is that, apart from what was being done in Guantanamo, the torture that was being carried out in various Middle Eastern countries was part of an ongoing "tradition" in those countries.
Finally - what reparations will be made? How will they be assessed? Nobody should ever be tortured but some of the victims are known to have been 100% innocent of any wrong-doing whatsoever and that cannot possibly be left unresolved. The solution? I don't know - do you?

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  dissent8 months, 1 week ago
  
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  "It's hard to imagine that this news could bring anything but intense relief to every human being on the planet."
  
  what's hard to imagine is that this is the truth
  
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    gamahuche8 months, 1 week ago
    
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    I won't diss you on that thought, though I'd prefer to believe that the intention is definitely there and that the devil is in the detail.
    However - when the intention has been stated at least we have a benchmark.
    Keeping politicians to their promises may be as difficult as catching water in a sieve but its a metaphor for the never-ending challenge that is human life.
    
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