| Between this, the Patriot Act, the so-called "Politics of Fear", etc. I am very worried at the precedents being set. What they are doing is cruel, unconstitutional, and fascist respectively. There really is no excuse for torture. (Of course, I find the excuses for war dubious in fhe first place so I suppose in the eyes of many my opinion is already void). I observe that people who are gung-ho about using any method necessary against the Muslims might be very unhappy if it were turned around on US citizens:
Perhaps after some point, the US determines that a group within the country is the new "threat to democracy". Will they then torture american citizens? Here's a scenario: suppose some bunch of radicals calling themselves Christians were to fly a plane into a building (or bomb a bunch of abortion clinics, etc.). The precedents and mechanisms are in place and public fear is primed to such a point that some of us might find ourselves in the position of being persecuted. I mean, I go to a nondenominational church and suddenly there's the c-word flying around and suddenly my pastor and my entire leader team (including me) are sitting in some detention center in Romania or something. I know this sounds very illogical, but fear makes people highly illogical. IT COULD HAPPEN. Because when it comes down to it, people don't care what liberties and rights are being trampled just so long as their interests are being protected and it's happening to someone else.
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. -- Song 8:6 |