John Cole (Balloon Juice) rants about current torture debates. Why is it even a debate? One of his main ideas is that there is always a certain percentage of crazies out there, but there are moments when events allow the crazies to take over. His "conservation of craziness principle" states that if you ignore them, they go back to their dark corners.
The author includes a link to Bob Altemeyer's The Authoritarians - available here in various forms. This is possibly useful as a supplemental reading.
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