Since the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on torture, there's been much discussion over the moral dilemma posed following 911. What can we do to go after the terrorists? How far can we go to get those terrorists we've captured to tell us what other terrorists are going to do?
As far as any moral dilemma when it comes to torture, it's simple. There is no moral dilemma.
Torture is wrong.
No civilized country authorizes torture for any reason, ever. Torture is wrong. It's like raping a woman. It is ALWAYS wrong. It's like beating a child. It is ALWAYS WRONG.
So for lawyers, it's simple. Torture is wrong. Coming up with a legal justification for torture is unethical, immoral and wrong.
For doctors and psychologists who assisted the CIA, it's simple. Torture is wrong. Helping the CIA torture is unethical, immoral and wrong.
For politicians or columnists like Charles Krauthammer who justify torture, it's simple.
Torture is wrong. Torture did not help our country. It hurt it.
The United States used to have some moral high ground in the international community. Now, thanks to torture, it has none.
There is no moral dilemma. Torture is wrong. It is ALWAYS wrong.
This Sunday from the pulpit, how many sermons across this nation will address torture? Will our nation's religious leaders say torture is wrong or will they remain silent like the nation's university presidents and corporate CEO's who say nothing when their country's government has admitted the United State of America is a country that approved torture?
The moral dilemma for the country is not torture. The moral dilemma is the deafening silence from those who should be expressing outrage at those in the Bush Administration who approved and sanctioned torture.
Torture is wrong. It is ALWAYS wrong.
As far as any moral dilemma when it comes to torture, it's simple. There is no moral dilemma.
Torture is wrong.
No civilized country authorizes torture for any reason, ever. Torture is wrong. It's like raping a woman. It is ALWAYS wrong. It's like beating a child. It is ALWAYS WRONG.
So for lawyers, it's simple. Torture is wrong. Coming up with a legal justification for torture is unethical, immoral and wrong.
For doctors and psychologists who assisted the CIA, it's simple. Torture is wrong. Helping the CIA torture is unethical, immoral and wrong.
For politicians or columnists like Charles Krauthammer who justify torture, it's simple.
Torture is wrong. Torture did not help our country. It hurt it.
The United States used to have some moral high ground in the international community. Now, thanks to torture, it has none.
There is no moral dilemma. Torture is wrong. It is ALWAYS wrong.
This Sunday from the pulpit, how many sermons across this nation will address torture? Will our nation's religious leaders say torture is wrong or will they remain silent like the nation's university presidents and corporate CEO's who say nothing when their country's government has admitted the United State of America is a country that approved torture?
The moral dilemma for the country is not torture. The moral dilemma is the deafening silence from those who should be expressing outrage at those in the Bush Administration who approved and sanctioned torture.
Torture is wrong. It is ALWAYS wrong.
###
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.