# Americans: torture good, marriage bad **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 19, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-torture-good-marriage-bad/246027 "2004-05-19T20:17:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-torture-good-marriage-bad/246027/21 "2004-05-20T20:40:42Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > It’s a sign of how far off the Bush Administration has gone when even anti-Bush sarcasm can get mistaken for reality. 😉 Or how shrill the anti-Bush people can be. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-torture-good-marriage-bad/246027/22 "2004-05-20T20:45:04Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > I’ve been clumsily pitted! Damn you, SimonX, I feel like the Bette Midler character in “Ruthless People.” > > “You’re DISCOUNTING me??? Oh, no, I’ve been kidnapped by K-Mart!” Not that my opinion matters a whole lot, but I think it’s a pretty good and well deserved pitting. **EC** , your GD thread is a piece of shit, and frankly so are you. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-torture-good-marriage-bad/246027/23 "2004-05-20T23:23:14Z")
**Left Hand of Dorkness** , **Lord Ashtar** , You’re too kind. Too kind to all involved [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-torture-good-marriage-bad/246027.md?page=1)