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Many neo-conservatives both in the Bush White House and Congress have argued that in a post-9/11 world torture is a necessary and viable method of obtaining information from detained enemy combatants. Others have argued that torture discredits the U.S. abroad, breeds anti-American sentiment, places our soldiers at risk, and contradicts most of mankind’s reasonable standards as to what is and is not moral. Here’s an overview of the United States’ recent relationship with torture:

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What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.

It'll soon be film festival time again in Philly - the 12th Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (PIGLFF to its friends), to be precise. The website has just been launched and tickets go on sale for Philadelphia Film Society Members today, with sale to the general public starting on Monday 6/26 at 10AM, so it's time to make your schedule! The festival will run from July 13th through July 26th, and here are some of the highlights: the "hilariously raunchy" opening night film, Another Gay Movie, looks to be a parody of American Pie, with a bunch of teens trying desperately to lose their anal virginity before summer's out; comedian and performer Sandra Bernhard is being honored Friday, July 14th with an Artistic Achievement Award; a free screening of John Waters's Cry-Baby, complete with a Drag King/Johnny Depp look-a-like contest, is going down at Penn's Landing on Thursday, July 20th; there'll be outdoor screenings of other "classics," as well, such as Barbarella and The Bad Seed; Creatures from the Pink Lagoon (preceded by short Mars Needs Bibles, no less) is a wacky spoof of '60s zombie flicks featuring a swamp "teeming with flesh-eating queers!" - which sounds like a conservative nightmare if we've ever heard one. And of course that little list only just scratches the surface of the huge number of films (141 from 23 countries) being screened this year - many of them being shown in Philly for the first time, and some even having their national or world premieres - so be sure to check out the site for more information. PIGLFF is here, and it's awesomely queer!