Today I watched the former VP of this nation [USA] tell us that waterboarding is NOT torture and suggest that we not burden him with 'hypotheticals'. One such hypothetical HE wouldn't want to deal with is... "If his own child was so treated would it STILL not be torture"? Or, under what circumstances might it be torture? Or is there any circumstance under which torture would be/should be allowed?
He's answered that, of sorts, suggesting that IF it does a great public good, then it might not only be allowed but it should be 'praised'...the perpetrators held as praise worthy.
To this man and those who side with him I suggest that it is not I that needs to 'love it or leave it'; it's they that should be banned from the borders of this country... a country that should restore itself to greatness...a country that should insists on remaining true to the principles of its founding, refusing to become like those we abhor.
America does not torture? Sadly, "Does so". And with a population that believes that protection trumps our humanity, double sadly it will continue to do so.
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Bend in the River
Metolius River very near its Source - Fall 2005
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