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Bill Mason
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 12:33pm

“Are we really debating, as a culture, whether torture is wrong?”

Yes, we are. Ironically, I was just tweeting not minutes ago that this a) makes me cry and b) makes it more and more impossible to read the news.

It’s hard to stay informed when you feel like you need antidepressants afterward. Or before starting, even.