I believe it is the height naivety to believe that TB dont exist. Have we ever caught a bomber before his bomb went off? Have we ever caught wind of an attack before it happened? How could you say such situations dont exist? I can say it hasn't happened until you show me it has. I believe its the l...

Confirm that its never happened even once. The burden lies on you, friend. How would I find such info? Maybe if I did some hard searching, or hacked onto the CIA website I could find something. But im not tech saavy, and there is to much junk on google. Or maybe you can't find it because it doesn't...

Well, if I'm a politician, I vote for the money. If they can't die, they don't ever stop paying taxes! if a 'fountain of youth' were to be discovered, I would be opposed to it's use. It is not natural for any living thing to last forever. if any one person were to be given this ability, that person ...

But this is about torture, remember? So what, you suspect a guy of raping a girl, so you torture him to find out... What, exactly? You are also already presuming his guilt.

I said almost never happen. But to say they have never once happened? Well thats ridiculous. How could you possible know that? Show me one. Even one example. Has a kid napper ever been caught, and then told the police the kid was still alive? Im sure. Thats the beginning of a ticking time bomb scen...

Mr. Posner seems to be assuming several things. How about this: "If torture is the only means of obtaining the information necessary to prevent the detonation of a nuclear bomb in Times Square, and it can be guaranteed the bomb would go off otherwise, its detonation is imminent, the suspect in ...

As to the original question posed: torture is never acceptable, ever. Period. There is no middle ground, no gray area. Id probably torture him. [...] I wouldnt torture anyone even if every last resource is used up. Only in imminent danger could I ever feel justified in torture. So are you for it or ...