When does it stop?

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Originally Posted by soundhound

the difference between americans and terrorists is that they are willing to resort to immoral tactics and we, supposedly, are not. while anger may leave us inclined to use torture, if we do, we become no better than they are.

As far as becoming no better than they are, since when are we better than they are? We believe differently than they do, but that doesn't make us better than they are.

These concepts all sound good, but when thousands of innocent victims' lives are at stake, in the immediate since, I would find it immoral to let them die for an ideal of "become no better than they are."

This whole torture issue is so much larger than the poetic ideals we swallow. We need to play first person with it... look your child in the eye and say, "I can't condone waterboarding that man who knows how to save your life because I would be no better than him. I love you. I'll miss you."