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by psunavy03 883 days ago
See above. What people did 400 years ago is not relevant to my point about how things are today.
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elevatedastalt 883 days ago
It is. Because the point GP / OP are making isn't that we are doing inquisitions today, but rather that the human psychology behind confessions has long been wielded as a tool.
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loup-vaillant 882 days ago
OK, back on topic then: do you even dispute the main point, that today false confessions are being coerced out of suspects in Western precincts?
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