Faith writes:
Is it OK with you if I think a person may get most things right but not all and still be "a good guy" whatever that is? For that matter if I studied the subject and concluded that waterboarding is necessary, could that automatically make me a "bad guy?" I suspect it would in the context of EvC.
Certainly I don't have to agree with everything that someone stands for, but some things are deal breakers. For me the supporting the use of torture is a deal breaker. I would not support anyone of any party who would advocate such a policy.
Yes, I agree that probably waterboarding or other forms of torture work but that doesn't make it right. There is often a cost to doing the right thing. Do we not stand for anything but looking out for ourselves at all cost? If we lower ourselves to their tactics of fear and retribution then we have lost before we've even begun. As I have said before, if we fight evil with evil then we know evil is going to win out in the end.
He has told you, O man, what is good ; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8