So, what ARE you saying if it isn't that?
Correct my misinterpretation.
I just don’t feel like going back through this thread and explaining it, nor do I care what you interpret. You
try to make me look like I’m saying something I’m not.
Also, I notice you didn't answer my question:
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Although, I could say that if I was the terrorist who knew where the bomb was, I would want the enemy to torture me to find out where the bomb is so all those people wouldn't die, so technically, I would be doing onto them what I would want done to me
What on earth makes you think that we would restrict the use of torture to known terrorists?
Nothing.
That question doesn’t even make sense as a response to me.
You are responsible for your government in a democracy, no matter if you "feel" you are or not.
I don’t think so. At what point did I become responsible? Birth? The first time I voted?
I haven’t voted for a single person that is in office, how am I responsible for what they do?
Our government is "OF the people".
In theory but not in reality.
So, if you don't care if your government tortures people or erodes civil liberties or marches towards Authoritarianism and Fascism, it is the same as you torturing people, you taking away civil liberties, you paving the way of the Authoritarian direction it is taking.
That’s bullshit. I don’t believe that at all.
Let me add that its not that I don’t
care if people are mistreated, its that its inevitable. A lot of bad shit is going to happen to a lot of bad people, that’s just the way things work. I’m not going to actively try to solve all the problems of the world.
I am saying that I think your principles and ethics are greatly lacking.
I can see how it looks that way. In person, I’m a really nice guy. I’m just not involved in politics in any way and I don’t want to be. Last election was the first time I voted, and a lot of good that did
I don’t think this government is ”of the people’ anymore, but as far as it concerns me, everything is going fine and will continue to do so. Its never going to be the case where
everyone is happy and its not even worth the effort to try. Basically, a lot of people are gonna be fucked and there is nothing I can do about that. I’m sorry if my attitude is shitty on an anonymous internet forum, its not a good representation of who I really am.