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International fund for abortion aid

lundi 30 janvier 2017 à 01:00

The Netherlands is organizing an international fund for abortion aid to compensate for the harm done by the US global gag rule.

A medical charity doesn't need to give referrals about abortion if there is a separate organization next door that provides abortion information.

Troll declares war on our health

lundi 30 janvier 2017 à 01:00

The troll has declared war on our environment and our health.

DeVos linked to student debt collection companies

lundi 30 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Betsy DeVos is connected with companies that collect student debts.

Troll's conflicts of interest

lundi 30 janvier 2017 à 01:00

The cheater said his businesses would make "no new deals", as an inadequate substitute for selling them off; but that was a lie.

Why torture does not "work"

lundi 30 janvier 2017 à 01:00

Since the troll persists in claiming that torture "works" to get information, here's an explanation of why torture does not "work".

A specific example of its failure: when US agents tortured Ibn as-Sheikh al-Libi, he said what he knew Dubya wanted to hear. This helped Dubya start a war of aggression whose harmful consequences continue to ramify in Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere.

But even if torture did "work" in a narrow sense, it would be a vicious crime, and the harm it does would spread.

Practicing torture implants an inhumane attitude, which then manifests itself in a range of inhumanity: general cruelty to all prisoners, imprisonment without trial, collateral murder, and other atrocities.

These atrocities cause great suffering directly. They also provoke hatred. How many jihadis have been provoked by Guantanamo and US torture? Surely thousands.