@OmSigDAVID,
Quote:Re:
JTT (Post 4762913)
JTT wrote:Do you prefer to torture kittens or puppies?
Decency will not allow that, UNLESS thay r communists.
Regarding your use of the word "thay," I don't quite understand what you mean. Are you intending "thay" to represent those who would torture others or those who would be tortured? The way your sentence is structured, you seem to be justifying the torture of Communists. If I'm mistaken in my interpretation, please forgive.
But if you are, in fact, defending the use of torture, you have actually lowered yourself to the level of the Communists you condemn. In other words, you're advocating fighting Communists with Communist tactics; in other words, "The end justifies the means." Speaking hypothetically: If you had ever been in a position to put this philosophy to practice during the Cold War, you would have, in fact, become a war criminal.
This has nothing to do with politics or ideology. It has everything to do with morality and "right and wrong." I've never been a soldier, but I know perfectly well that there are standards of conduct even in warfare. You're not dealing with cartoon characters or cardboard cutouts here. You're dealing with real living human beings -- some, if not many, who were not even Communists.
David, you're a far better person than that. If you condone torture, you betray your own ideals.