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True Dough

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13. So allow me to ask
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 08:55 PM
Jan 2017

why is it wrong to torture enemies, presumably terrorists, but it's acceptable to punch a Nazi in the head?

The poll here makes it clear (27-0) as of this post, that few, if any, DUers advocate torture. But many DUers have emphatically condoned assaulting someone who is a self-professed Nazi.

Granted torture is more severe than a blow to the head, but a strike to someone's skull can result in unconsciousness and even death if they bounce their cranium off the sidewalk.

I oppose both measures, for the record, unless it's a matter of self-defense or intervening where someone else is being physically attacked.

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Easiest poll ever radical noodle Jan 2017 #1
what he doesn't seem to understand is that it is ILLEGAL. the WORLD has deemed it ILLEGAL. spanone Jan 2017 #2
The Deplorables approve of it. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #4
it's not their choice. spanone Jan 2017 #6
Kick this poll or it will sink. rzemanfl Jan 2017 #3
NSA just captured your comment. Equinox Moon Jan 2017 #14
Well if assigned reading is a crime I am fucked, right? n/t rzemanfl Jan 2017 #20
tRumps endorsement of torture gives validation to Cattledog Jan 2017 #5
If there had been Delphinus Jan 2017 #7
No torture, no death penalty, shrink military, legalize all drugs, no drilling, no pipelines HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #8
Goood God NO! Raster Jan 2017 #9
Who will hold him accountable? Solly Mack Jan 2017 #10
Trump is my enemy, I will not torture him. gross thought irisblue Jan 2017 #11
Where's the hell no option? uppityperson Jan 2017 #12
So allow me to ask True Dough Jan 2017 #13
Is it okay to torture NAZIS ? No DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #15
But a punch to the head True Dough Jan 2017 #17
I have been punched in the head. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #18
We're don't want anything from Nazi's? tia uponit7771 Jan 2017 #19
I am anti-torture. NanceGreggs Jan 2017 #16
Didn't support it then, don't like it now... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #21
I'm willing to do a controlled test...on Trump, Conway, Bannon.... Fresh_Start Jan 2017 #22
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