Down in the comments on Dahlia Lithwick’s piece about America’s
monstrous ongoing acceptance of torture
, someone has dug out the old pro-torture talking point that
is something that “would not be too out of place as part of fraternity hazing.”
You know what else is a normal thing fraternities do?
Burning emblems into people’s flesh
with red-hot coat hangers. So why aren’t we doing that to our captives, too? It’s all good, bro.
