JMM on torture:
It was the right thing to do. But by all means let’s keep it secret.
[From Deep Thought]
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Allowing women to choose what to wear and to get an education is a sign of Islamic militantism and must be stopped. The courts must intervene and remove elected officials who believe in freedom of conscience.