tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post2388502363764061352..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Torture Is BadAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-37377280464675759322014-12-27T19:33:55.250-05:002014-12-27T19:33:55.250-05:00I agree with you all -- torture is immoral and imm...I agree with you all -- torture is immoral and immature and uncivilized. We have forces in our country now that are trying, and succeeding, in uncivilizing us. The Left blames the Right and the Right blames the Left, but it is a third group, a third philosophy. Unfortunately it is the end result of Capitalism, especially when Capitalism has become a religion, as it has in the US. Capitalism only works temporarily, in a frontier society. It cannot produce a sustainable economy. We need to change direction. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-23869024386316999222014-12-19T13:36:58.622-05:002014-12-19T13:36:58.622-05:00I agree..I'm ashamed of our country...but why ...I agree..I'm ashamed of our country...but why I would like Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld to be treated the same..is sad.yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-20142453578301377202014-12-18T11:40:49.122-05:002014-12-18T11:40:49.122-05:00Thank you for your post. Torture is not the mark o...Thank you for your post. Torture is not the mark of a civilized society, it is that of a barbaric one. <br />CLMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-51025188920670216512014-12-18T04:22:54.144-05:002014-12-18T04:22:54.144-05:00Strong Statement, for which I thank you.
Hail. ...Strong Statement, for which I thank you. <br /><br />Hail. Helen/Hawknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-55953228571086156102014-12-17T22:31:36.758-05:002014-12-17T22:31:36.758-05:00I read a quotation once that said a nation does no...I read a quotation once that said a nation does not engage in torture because it wants to obtain the truth. A nation engages in torture because the truth is irrelevant to it. I wish I knew who said this. I think it's very profound.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-56788718810047198052014-12-17T17:13:08.362-05:002014-12-17T17:13:08.362-05:00I share your shame, Anne. The recent opinion poll...I share your shame, Anne. The recent opinion polls suggesting wide support for torture among almost all demographic groups in this country saddens, but does not surprise me. Most of the people I know with whom I've discussed this issue support, to varying degrees, the use of torture by the US Government. A number of them self-identify as liberal Democrats, by the way. <br /><br />I'm old enough to remember being assured that the Evil Empire of the Soviet Union was depraved, partly because it allegedly resorted to torture. This noble country, I was also assured, would never do such a barbaric thing. Those were the days.<br /><br />I am reminded of Ghandi's response to the question: "Sir, what do you think of Western Civilization?" His response: "It's a nice idea."<br /><br />I'd like to imagine that Ares would tell us that the point of war is to defeat the enemy, not to make an endless supply of new ones. Time to re-read the Iliad!Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679901355127305724noreply@blogger.com