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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
as you know, laws are usually written to deal with general circumstances, and judges and juries interpret them.
What is self-defense?
What is manslaughter?
Even if for some reason you thought that waterboarding did not constitute:
You would then look at the case law, right? You would say to yourself, has waterboarding previously been considered torture, and have people been prosecuted for it by the US government?
I guess Bybee was just too lazy or incompetent to look at case law.
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So the church should excommunicate him for being lazy or incompetent? For merely opining that waterboarding may not meet the definition of torture?
Mike, I get it that you don't agree with waterboarding. That's an entirely reasonable interpretation of the torture statute. In my opinion, rational minds can conclude either way on that specific issue. However, to assert that what Bybee has done is worthy of excommunication is completely unreasonable.