You can ask to have the post or the thread pulled, but I have seen numerous FReepers defend the treatment of Galileo.
No, all I ask is that people refrain from ad hominems, like the absurd and unsupported claim that someone wants to resort to torture.
but I have seen numerous FReepers defend the treatment of Galileo.
Really? Who? Surely you don't mean me. I never once defended the treatment of Galileo. I have merely pointed out innacuracies in what has come to have been popularly believed about the affair, while at the same time condemning the Church's actions.