tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237022755882574439.post7307945505621351174..comments2023-06-06T10:02:21.561-05:00Comments on Weightier Matters of the Law: My thoughts on the torture thread over at BCCAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16544954353921319940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237022755882574439.post-42245425201225635292007-09-10T15:57:00.000-05:002007-09-10T15:57:00.000-05:00The best arguments against torture I've read came ...The best arguments against torture I've read came from John McCain before he somewhat caved to political pressure. I have also been amazed at the stance many Latter-day Saints have taken on human torture. I wrote an editorial about the topic last year for Weber State University's newspaper and afterwards received some angry e-mail calling me a "gay" and a "liberal." If only they knew I was the Gospel Doctrine teacher at the singles ward!BHodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751807169882645742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237022755882574439.post-37555134421511171822007-08-27T16:00:00.000-05:002007-08-27T16:00:00.000-05:00As a member of the military, I know for a fact tha...As a member of the military, I know for a fact that I won't be treated by anyone who captures me by the guidelines of the Geneva Convention. Despite that fact, I still don't condone torture. The rare cases when a captive would know any pertinent information are so few that having any standing policy allowing torture only leads interrogators to use it more often than it should be implemented. Then the US gov't becomes as cruel as those regimes we topple. Nope, I'll never be on the torture bandwagon.<BR/><BR/>~JustinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com