Thursday, February 14, 2008

US judge steps in to torture row

These people are so brazen now, so lacking in mortals, it turns the stomach. They want us all to be this way too.

The most outspoken judge on the US Supreme Court has defended the use of some physical interrogation techniques.

Justice Antonin Scalia told the BBC that "smacking someone in the face" could be justified if there was an imminent threat.

"You can't come in smugly and with great self satisfaction and say 'Oh it's torture, and therefore it's no good'," he said in a rare interview.

He also accused Europe of being self-righteous over the death penalty.


Read more here, in disgust.

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