The torture debate - TPM
Only the weak, scared, and evil torture. Those who order and sanction torture, but leave the dirty work to others, are an order of magnitude more culpable morally. (A special place is reserved for the lawyers who give legal cover for such orders.) In their fear and their weakness and their smallness, the President and those around him stepped over the line. To do so in the heated days after 9/11 is understandable to a point, though not justifiable. Yet they persisted, first in saying that they did not step over the line and now in seeking to redraw the line. So which is it?
They are descending from the morally reprehensible to the morally cowardly.
Exactly!
Semper Fi
posted by munciecarl @ 6:23 AM
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When I started hearing about the torture debate in the congress,
and the secret prisons, I was struck with the idea that I am as
guilty for this as anybody. I know that it's wrong and I am
saying nothing. Sure I have a blog that nobody reads under a
pseudonym that hides my true identity, but that isn't really
standing up to anybody. Safely anonymous, I stand up to power.
Not today. Today I stand up and use my own name, and I want the
world to know that this is not being done in my name.
Heres something I am trying to do - I want to put newspaper ads in
daily papers around the country that will help shape the debate
about torture and secret prisons. Please check out my site
jeffcraft.us and let me know what you think, and if you think its a
good idea, add your name to the ad.
I know I'm not alone, Help me remind America what it means to be American.
Lets be a shining hope to mankind again
crap, I wrote all that with such vigour, and it looks like I put in hard returns in all the wrong places. Read it anyway!
Semper Fi
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