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Torture is such a slippery slope as soon as you allow a society or

Torture is such a slippery slope as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons. – Iain Banks

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Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities. – Iain Banks

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My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is. – Iain Banks

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Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesnt matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state. – Iain Banks

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Weve got fifty people at Gitmo that are too dangerous to be let go that will never go through a normal criminal trial. Lets create a new legal system, so theyll have their day in court. – Lindsey Graham

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The first misconception is that embryonic stem cell research is not legal. The fact is, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal. Research on embryonic stem cells has taken place for years. – Virginia Foxx

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Were involved right now in some very significant legal battles and it would be the wrong thing for me to do to step out in the middle of those battles. – Bill Scott

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Noah and his family were the only loyal and obedient subjects to the legal power: they alone were saved. – Orson Pratt

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My only failure was the restaurant in Myrtle Beach. I kept it open for four years. It was in a tourist town, it was only busy four and half, five months of the year. But the bills kept coming all year. – Mickey Gilley

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