Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Torture is still wrong
I was hoping I could take the bumper sticker that I designed in 2005 off my car after January 20, 2009. I'm still hoping. President Obama has gone a long way towards putting an end to the practices of his predecessor, but his administration continues to waffle on whether the architects of my country's torture program are brought to justice. Will we continue the two-tier justice of the Bush years or will we bring our willful violators of international law to justice? Or will we default and let Spain do it?Have you ever imagined what it must be like to be tortured? If you have, and it is not easy, you know that torture is more than a matter of pain; it is about violating everything a human being is, totally and completely.
Meanwhile the torture story gets more and more and more bizarre and inhuman.
I'm glad to have company in this little three word slogan.
Now let's give our words the force of justice.
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Comments:
... so what's the most effective way to deal with those who torture and murder others, and continue to assert their right to torture and murder others?
That's the real question to answer here.
That's the real question to answer here.
I'm sympathetic to John's comment above, but I contend that murder is merciful compared to torture. Torture is far, far more heinous a crime in my view. And I think torture followed by murder is less cruel than torture followed by survival.
I'd believe the sincerity of those holding up a banner stating that "Torture is wrong" if they also showed a banner "Poverty is wrong" or perhaps "Corruption is wrong", etc.
# posted by 
: 4/27/2009 1:51 AM
: 4/27/2009 1:51 AM
I can't quite figure out whether to take "Anonymous'" comment seriously. Poverty isn't always wrong, e.g. when it is voluntary poverty. Same for corruption, and even perhaps murder. But torture is always wrong, always, always, always, even in the ticking time bomb scenario.
Anonymous doubts my sincerity. I doubt the depth of her thinking.
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