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Old 10-09-2007, 12:19 PM   #1
Uttephabeta

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http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obi...idge_cultures/

I once felt as you did and to some extent I still feel that pushing the line defining torture might be necessary in some cases but mostly I have changed my mind. It's inspiring to know that during WW2 they were able to coax a great deal of information out of German and Japanese prisoners without ever laying a hand on anyone and instead by engaging in a battle of wits.

"During the many interrogations, I never laid hands on anyone," said George Frenkel, 87, of Kensington. "We extracted information in a battle of the wits. I'm proud to say I never compromised my humanity." "We got more information out of a German general with a game of chess or Ping-Pong than they do today, with their torture," said Henry Kolm, 90, an MIT physicist who had been assigned to play chess in Germany with Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess.
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