Comments on: Shade and Darkness… http://www.fustar.info/2005/12/23/shade-and-darkness%e2%80%a6/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:43:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Londoner http://www.fustar.info/2005/12/23/shade-and-darkness%e2%80%a6/#comment-230 Londoner Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:18:22 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2005/12/22/shade-and-darkness%e2%80%a6/#comment-230 mild non-injurious contact sounds quite pleasant, mar shampla, it could well be said of many a Limerick niteclub in the years either side of 1994 that patrons not actively le'ping and jumping round the dance floor would retire to quieter areas to refresh themselves from smuggled cans or indulge in a spot of mild non-injurious contact with the opposition. mild non-injurious contact sounds quite pleasant, mar shampla, it could well be said of many a Limerick niteclub in the years either side of 1994 that patrons not actively le’ping and jumping round the dance floor would retire to quieter areas to refresh themselves from smuggled cans or indulge in a spot of mild non-injurious contact with the opposition.

]]> By: fústar http://www.fustar.info/2005/12/23/shade-and-darkness%e2%80%a6/#comment-211 fústar Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:02:13 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2005/12/22/shade-and-darkness%e2%80%a6/#comment-211 I also find it alarming when 'torture' is only bad (from a certain perspective) if it can be conclusively, legally defined as 'torture'. This turns the issue into one of semantics and legalese, and tends to put (very legitimate) moral concerns on the back burner. I also find it alarming when ‘torture’ is only bad (from a certain perspective) if it can be conclusively, legally defined as ‘torture’. This turns the issue into one of semantics and legalese, and tends to put (very legitimate) moral concerns on the back burner.

]]> By: copernicus http://www.fustar.info/2005/12/23/shade-and-darkness%e2%80%a6/#comment-210 copernicus Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:09:55 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2005/12/22/shade-and-darkness%e2%80%a6/#comment-210 I agree flying potato guy. It's impossible to say you thumped someone (active voice) using the phrase "mild non-injurious contact" as you can only say "there was mild non-injurious contact" a passive mode of expression which makes it impossible for the speaker to convey the truth about his actions. It can't be healthy to legislate the truth out of reality; and what's reality if not the big picture? "Poof", it vanishes in a puff of logic. I agree flying potato guy. It’s impossible to say you thumped someone (active voice) using the phrase “mild non-injurious contact” as you can only say “there was mild non-injurious contact” a passive mode of expression which makes it impossible for the speaker to convey the truth about his actions.

It can’t be healthy to legislate the truth out of reality; and what’s reality if not the big picture? “Poof”, it vanishes in a puff of logic.

]]> By: potato http://www.fustar.info/2005/12/23/shade-and-darkness%e2%80%a6/#comment-208 potato Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:24:40 +0000 http://www.fustar.org/2005/12/22/shade-and-darkness%e2%80%a6/#comment-208 I think when they get into trying to delineate and define torture and not torture by reference to individual acts, they've already lost the big picture argument. I think when they get into trying to delineate and define torture and not torture by reference to individual acts, they’ve already lost the big picture argument.

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