Torture Now!

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

In my next life, I want to be the town crier/newscaster who says: “Six o’clock and the world is at peace. The news of the day begins with our continuing report of weapons being turned to productive uses.”

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

I don’t want to hear about people suffering in various parts of the world because of my government’s policies. I don’t like being forced to decide whose view of reality is most accurate, whose “big picture” or “bottom line” is obscuring the details made up of human pain. I don’t appreciate being challenged to take a stand on behalf of victims of my government’s actions inside or outside of our own nation. I’d prefer to wash my hands of such matters and go back to a condition of happy ignorance.

But I know you won’t let me do that. What a nag you can be!
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“So Philip, just what does the 46% approval rating tell us?”

[Better than Caesar, worse than the Baptist? But He never said it.]

D. Blog: End justifying means…

Some politicians are again saying the end justifies the means. If inhuman torture protects us, then it’s okay to torture those we suspect are out to harm us. If it works, there’s no problem with doing it.

It’s been said before: “We had to destroy the village in order to save it.” And, shameful justification, “Jesus had to die on the cross in order to save us.”

Thus does power corrupt.