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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:09:58 CST
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- From: samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU
- Subject: Re: Torture, again.
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- >The ultimately chilling conclusion is that torturer's MUST have normal
- >personalities--"Any of us, in a similar situation, might be capable of
- >the same cruelty. One probably cannot train a deranged sadist to be an
- >effective torturer or killer. He must be in complete control of himself
- >on the job."
- >
- >The evidence for this is quite convincing, but I still want to deny it.
- >I guess that's just my American Optimism.
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- First you, on your own, brand the conclusion as chilling, then you want
- deny it. Then you call this optimism.
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- tushar
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