a wide-ranging debate has opened up about whether we gained actionable intelligence from torture. but that's only one way to defend torture, and if enthusiasts for other people's pain such as john brennan and charles krauthammer lose the argument on that ground, they should shift to this: torture isn't justified by its outcome; it is intrinsically satisfying. forced rectal feeding, for dick cheney or john brennan or mike rogers, needs no external justification: it is its own reward. all of these men are part of an oppressed and stigmatized sexual minority. what they were doing at black sites the world over was expressing their sexual identity, and that exonerates them because we are born with our sexual identities. god doesn't make junk, though he provides victims in abundance. the release of this report is a chance for all of us to confront our own sadophobia. the good part of 9/11 is that it opened up new dimensions of pleasure for michael hayden and george w. bush, pleasure that may well have outweighed the pain they were inflicting, leaving the world with a net increase in happiness. another good part is that it revealed who these people really are, and has been revealing it ever since.
all decent americans must hope that the report - devastating though it is - doesn't lead to any actual changes in policy, for then it would become slightly more difficult to dangle michael hayden, alberto gonzales, john yoo, porter goss, and scooter libby from a pipe in the official us dungeon they themselves built in thailand, and use them as pinatas. admittedly, they're full of shit rather than candy. but sometimes the most amazing erotic experience for a top is to get flipped, and i would not want to deny various pundits and politicians and so on that opportunity. fortunately, according to justice department legal guidance - on which i always rely to enhance my own actions - no approval is needed to whisk these guys off and drop them off naked at isis hq with little bows on their heads. 'merry xmas, or whatever it is y'all celebrate over there. hope you enjoy these, because they aren't returnable. do send back video, though. cheers, the american people.'
