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The Ends Never Justify The Means

Posted in social issues on Jul 2nd, 2008

Vanity Fair is running a chilling, sobering article by Christopher Hitchens on the subject of waterboarding, called “Believe Me, It’s Torture.” In short, it’s torture.  In it, he quotes Malcom Nance’s denunciation of waterboarding,
1. Waterboarding is a deliberate torture technique and has been prosecuted as such by our judicial arm when perpetrated by others.
2. If [...]

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Final Straw, Hopefully

Posted in social issues on May 7th, 2004

This week’s coverage of the torture and abuse of prisoners in Iraq sickens me. That the ordinary citizens of Iraq are likening the occupying United States force to Saddam Hussien is a damning indictment.
President Bush’s weak apology to the families of the tortured was embarrassing for me as a citizen of the United States. Secretary [...]

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