<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451871341893552236.post4649817499820102674..comments</id><updated>2008-07-06T12:20:42.265-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Out of the Woods: Terrorism and Torture</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://richardschmitt.blogspot.com/feeds/4649817499820102674/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2451871341893552236/4649817499820102674/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://richardschmitt.blogspot.com/2008/06/terrorism-and-torture.html'/><author><name>Richard Schmitt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08196321164877963757</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451871341893552236.post-1521751170747514065</id><published>2008-07-06T01:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-06T01:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>"The poll cited earlier shows that 44% of our fell...</title><summary type='text'>"The poll cited earlier shows that 44% of our fellow citizens are willing to torture terrorists 'in order to save lives.' This raises another worrisome question: do we know that torturing people saves lives?"&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We don't -- so why was the poll written that way? I'm getting really angry with the pollsters and their &lt;A HREF="http://yashwata.info/2008/06/24/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2451871341893552236/4649817499820102674/comments/default/1521751170747514065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2451871341893552236/4649817499820102674/comments/default/1521751170747514065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://richardschmitt.blogspot.com/2008/06/terrorism-and-torture.html?showComment=1215323400000#c1521751170747514065' title=''/><author><name>Roy Sablosky</name><uri>http://yashwata.info</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://richardschmitt.blogspot.com/2008/06/terrorism-and-torture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451871341893552236.post-4649817499820102674' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2451871341893552236/posts/default/4649817499820102674' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451871341893552236.post-8108772052368766483</id><published>2008-07-03T11:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-03T11:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>"It is high time that we stopped talking as if our...</title><summary type='text'>"It is high time that we stopped talking as if our life was constantly in danger. It is high time to try to think clearly and calmly about terrorism and about torture."&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This talk we must constantly put up with is, most likely, the result of being influenced by a frightening facade that terrorism, and its portrayal, gives us. We're constantly feeling in fear, which is terrorism. So, I'll </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2451871341893552236/4649817499820102674/comments/default/8108772052368766483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2451871341893552236/4649817499820102674/comments/default/8108772052368766483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://richardschmitt.blogspot.com/2008/06/terrorism-and-torture.html?showComment=1215097800000#c8108772052368766483' title=''/><author><name>Michael Luciano, Jr.</name><uri>http://michaellucianojr.wordpress.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://richardschmitt.blogspot.com/2008/06/terrorism-and-torture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451871341893552236.post-4649817499820102674' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2451871341893552236/posts/default/4649817499820102674' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>