Not sure why you responded to my post with this...which essentially agrees with what I was saying....?
We ARE the good guys, but it's not necessarily because we have a bunch of human beings over here who are altruistic, while people in other countries are assholes. It more has to do with our system, which has been in place to protect those original ideals of freedom...and of justice. It's only when we see this system begin to break down, that we as a nation begin to lose the high ground on issues of liberty and justice. This is what GITMO does, and why it is so dangerous...imho. On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It still doesn't justify torturing other people. Why bring ourselves down > to the level of pond scum? I thought we were better than that. Or am I > mistaken? If so I want to be somewhere else. I thought we were the good > guys. But soem of the shit I'm reading here makes me wonder. > > >Watching as people jumped from the burning towers on 9/11, it was already > >difficult to fathom that human beings could be responsible for something > so > >awful. > > > >But they are. We set up systems to handle people who commit acts so > heinous > >as to be unthinkable. We do that for two reasons....because: > > > >1) People WILL do the unthinkable and > >2) Other people cannot be allowed to enact "emotional justice" in those > >situations. > > > >#2 is in place to prevent just the type of emotional response you are > >presenting...even if what you say might have a lot of truth to it. > > > > > > > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262212 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
