24: Tutoring Torture to the US Military? (Trees And Things)

rEvolution inAction: Re: Immediate nuke damage is overrated.

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:31:12 EST

That's pretty senseless.. but it would be a good decoy for the CTU.. Bauer's off in Russia looking for these ex-KGB, starts hassling the wrong people and runs into resistance from Putin.. meanwhile the guys with the bombs go to the top of the American analogue is anything to go by, then we're only talking the destructive power of .6 kilotons,

rEvolution inAction: Re: The secret of 24

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:54:07 EST

Have you considered writing semi-lucid primetime drama?

Thalia: Re: 24: Tutoring Torture to the US Military?

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:43:36 EST

I have never seen it (because I am that asshole) but I've read about it enough to want to comment on it anyway.

3fingerspointback: The secret of 24

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:28:52 EST

I can't remember who it was that pointed this out, but it was over a year ago: The big problem with torture on 24 is not how frequently it's used or how practical the results are, but how redemptive the results are. Torturing othe

snwodttam: Re: 24: Tutoring Torture to the US Military?

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:02:03 EST

I'm not going to be that asshole that comes into a conversation with the "oh so hip comments" of 24? What's that? I don't own a TV. Is that how the plebs entertain themselves these days? and the like. But, I'm going to be pretty cl

rEvolution inAction: Re: 24: Tutoring Torture to the US Military?

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:16:59 EST

That's why they always grab the weak link.. the one who didn't die like a true martyr when the lone hero took over the base single-handedly. Those ones are always sure to crack under torture. or even just the threat thereof.. by the laws of tv.. In real li

Thalia: Re: 24: Tutoring Torture to the US Military?

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:46:10 EST

How is "you'd do it to help your family" an answer to the statement that "torture doesn't work"? Yes, most of us would do bad things to help our family. But no, torture still doesn't give useful information, even if you're doing it for all the

thefadd: Re: 24: Tutoring Torture to the US Military?

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:43:55 EST

The thing I never got about that question is this:

For torture to even be considered to work in that case, the person being tortured would have to not be aware of the time limit. It's easy to grandstand and say, "I'd use torture if there were a bomb

rEvolution inAction: Re: major spoilers here

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:54:18 EST

Ummm.. the economy sucks right now, eh? (everyone got layed off last week)

If anything is tortured it's the plot.

Acefantastik: Re: major spoilers here

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:22:40 EST

No, according to the completely unplausible nature of the show, the bomb was set off in an "industrial" area of LA (Valencia), which had less population density. Remember, this is the show where any two locations in Los Angeles can be reached i

Acefantastik: Re: Ford can't catch a break

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:17:30 EST

Plus, Mitt Romney managed to remind everyone that Ford has Nazi ties. Bad week for Ford. On the plus side, a big league ballplayer is giving them some free pub with Religious Right...it must be exhausting.

rEvolution inAction: Re: 24: Tutoring Torture to the US Military?

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:43:43 EST

All I really want to know is what the people who answer yes (to the question: would you condone torture if ti will stop an imminent threat?) have to say about the military in this case.

Oh and.. does anyone know if Jack Bauer's brother ended up torturin