Thursday, May 26, 2005

(2:14 PM) | Adam Kotsko:

Torture

Slate has put together an interactive feature on the use of torture by the United States (via Oscar Chamberlain at Cliopatria). In the section "Taxonomy of Torture," one of the techniques is compared to one of the trademark practices of the Spanish Inquisition.

I hope that when it comes time to pick a new sovereign, he will decide that the state of exception is over.

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(Adam Kotsko has asserted the moral right to be identified as the author of this post.)