Aikes
12-18-2005, 04:57 AM
You know, over the past few decades, our nation has been looking less like a beacon of light and more like a smoldering stump.
There are so many things I could point out but I will just use this point of ethics to highlight the situation. Neither Republicans nor Democrats seem to meditate much on the age old philosophy of ethics but I would like to know what in the hell we are even debating that torture be allowed by our troops and government agencies?
Yes I understand the dilemma. I understand that the information could save more lives etc etc etc but when we act like those we say we are better than, what should anyone trust or believe us?
I think we should hold ourselves to a higher standard. Not because I believe in a world where everyone will act nice if I act nice but because I believe that if you are going to be a beacon of light and lead the world into an open and free era then you should lead by example.
That does not mean I don’t believe we need to fight... we absolutely should kill any mother fucker that tries to take away any form of our sacred freedoms. I simply have a different ethical view. Fight if provoked, never be weak and therefore an open target, and always show you are mature enough as a nation and people to walk the walk and not just talk the talk.
That is how I feel, dont know how you feel but this has bothered me. We have been listening to the debates go back and forth and yet I don’t get why we are even arguing over it.
Would we dare allow another nation to torture our troops? That is what we open the door to.
At least John McCain is trying to end this crap.
http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsCenter.ViewPressRelease&Content_id=1611
There are so many things I could point out but I will just use this point of ethics to highlight the situation. Neither Republicans nor Democrats seem to meditate much on the age old philosophy of ethics but I would like to know what in the hell we are even debating that torture be allowed by our troops and government agencies?
Yes I understand the dilemma. I understand that the information could save more lives etc etc etc but when we act like those we say we are better than, what should anyone trust or believe us?
I think we should hold ourselves to a higher standard. Not because I believe in a world where everyone will act nice if I act nice but because I believe that if you are going to be a beacon of light and lead the world into an open and free era then you should lead by example.
That does not mean I don’t believe we need to fight... we absolutely should kill any mother fucker that tries to take away any form of our sacred freedoms. I simply have a different ethical view. Fight if provoked, never be weak and therefore an open target, and always show you are mature enough as a nation and people to walk the walk and not just talk the talk.
That is how I feel, dont know how you feel but this has bothered me. We have been listening to the debates go back and forth and yet I don’t get why we are even arguing over it.
Would we dare allow another nation to torture our troops? That is what we open the door to.
At least John McCain is trying to end this crap.
http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsCenter.ViewPressRelease&Content_id=1611