Torture is Evil

George Bush and his regime have created a policy in our country for torture of other human beings. Their efforts include as well secret prisons in Europe, military courts that bow to ‘the king’, the suspension of habeas corpus, and unending imprisonment without rights.

These are all evil steps. And the worst is torture, for torture is evil.

Any regime that engages in torture therefore is practicing evil. Not trying to get information, not working to end hostilities, not setting up means for gaining infiltration information of ‘the enemy’, but simply practicing evil.

As Gandhi said, "It is a citizen’s responsibility to support a government that is doing good. And likewise, it is a citizen’s duty to refuse to cooperate with a government that is engaged in evil."

Torture is evil.

There is no justification for such a horrific stand other than the terrorizing of other human beings, and the creation of fear to speak out from within our own citizenry.

If you have been supportive of this evil, think about this question: How long do you think before such evil occurs against American citizens?

Torture is evil.

Men who practice, promote and justify torture are therefore consciously practicing evil.

There is no way around it. We are a people with high ideals, with a story about our country that represents all the best in ourselves as a people. However, with our constant warring since 1776, with the genocide of the First Nation peoples across the continent, and with the level of graft and corruption of this regime under Mr. Bush, we have fallen far short of our ideals.

Nevertheless, the vision and hope for America is still there, in the good and kind hearts of its people. Day in and day out the vast majority of us go about our lives reaching out to help others, collaborating in our communities and creating peaceful resolutions to local and national disputes.

We ARE a kind and good people, and that is our true nature.

As it is the true nature of every person on this planet.

Torture does not fit into this, our vision and dream of America.

Those who have promoted and lobbied for torture, for secret prisons, for endless war as foreign policy, are ruining our country. They must be stopped and brought to justice for their crimes, as any criminal would be.

Torture is evil.

And those who practice evil are actually ‘leading’ our country, creating the vision of what it means to be an American.

Those who promote evil in this form are saying this is who we ARE as Americans.

I do not believe that Americans fit such a picture that Mr. Bush would have us believe of ourselves. We must stand for justice, the rule of law over his tyrannical abuse of power, and the end to this horrific policy of war, torture and terrorism by our government.

Torture is evil.

It is every citizen’s duty to refuse to cooperate with a government engaged in evil. We have such a government now.

Let us come together and stand for our true vision of ourselves as Americans, and build a path of peaceful engagement across the world instead of what the Bush regime has created.

Now is our time. It is time for a New American Dream, based in who we are as a good, kind and compassionate people.

We can do this, because it is who we really are.

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