Wil's Rant

Well, at least he's honest. I would much prefer to hear the truth then the non-stop bull we're used to hearing about this subject. Fact is, the U.S. has long practiced the fine art of torture, they just haven't admitted it. Most times, it is done in far away places where journalists are not permitted to tread. In any case, this is one subject that is not so easy to nail down. The moral side of me says that torture should not be allowed under any circumstances. Surely there must be a better way of gaining crucial information from captured enemies, terrorists and criminals. The other side of me can easily picture situations that would justify it's use. I can imagine child murderers or kidnappers who will not disclose the location of the child and where any delay in extracting said information would result in the death of the child. Perhaps this is an occasion for it's use. What about the case of nuclear terrorism. Suppose we have information ( concrete information, not the George Bush variety) that tells us there is going to be an attack and we know who is going to do it. Would this be an excuse for the use of torture? I have high hopes that within the near future we will have the ability to gain this type of information without the use of physical torture, perhaps mental coercion or through the use of truth drugs this could be achieved. In any case, the use or not of torture should be debated in the public forum in a rational manner without the high degree of lies that currently surround the subject.