Posted by
Tzimisce on Thursday, November 23, 2006 9:52:30 PM
I was arguing with a leftist the other day about US "torturing" of political
prisoners. This particular individual gave me the usual unbiased, non partisan
liberal sources to back up their argument. You know the story about "some guy"
who went on "a very important tv show" and talked to "a host of great prestige"
about the torture he underwent and here is a detailed description of the
torture.
I told this person that "some guy" from an *uncited* television show isn't a
good source when it suddenly struck me - in the leftist mind to not believe this
individual is akin to an endorsement of torture. It's no different than when you
disagree with Michael J. Fox (you must obviously want people to suffer from
genetic disorders) or to disagree with Cindy Sheehan (you must obviously want
people to die.)
I'm not in favor of torturing people - especially the way "some guy"
describes it (being put in cold rooms, hot rooms, having dogs put within inches
of their bodies, etc). Also according to what I'm told, "some guy" was
completely innocent of everything.
So this particular liberal I'm arguing with wants me to believe (based on
uncited, unnamed sources) that our government is snatching *innocent* people off
the street and torturing them for no reason at all. And to ask questions like
"Why didn't they just kill him when they were done instead of letting him go?"
is considered offensive, unreasonable and a defense of torture.
Look: I'm an enigma buff. I like to watch unsolved mysteries and read books
about the unexplained. I would love to believe that there are aliens with the
cure for cancer visiting the Earth but the acid dropping, devil worshipping
hippy commune living just outside LA isn't a real good source. I don't cite
World Net Daily in my columns. I love their conservative philosophy, but I think
they're prone to exaggeration.
When it's not "some guy" it's usually someone who was released from
Guantanamo telling the stories of torture. Again I have to ask: "If it was
really that bad, why did they let you go? Why didn't they just kill you when
they were done?" The left really needs to take these questions to heart.
Al Quada is run by very intelligent, very resourceful people. Nine Eleven
demonstrated that they're very willing to use our own devices against us. There
have been stories about members of al Quada lecturing their followers about
making up stories about what is going on in prisons like Guantanamo coming out
of Afghanistan. (Ever notice how everyone in prison is innocent?)
They're attempting to sew confusion and breed mistrust and they've found
willing idiots amongst guilt ridden, politically correct indocrinated, western
hating socialists and Communists amongst us. Maybe there is torture going on -
but to date no one has presented me with anything I consider to be credible
source. The only things I've gotten are reports from the ACLU (a partisan
organization where it's leading members talk openly about their hatred for
Bush), stories from former prisoners (who tell stories that would make
Renaissance witch hunters cringe) and reports from know-it-all openly left wing
college professors (who's reports are based on what the former prisoners
mentioned above are saying.)
I'm not endorsing torture: the stories I'm being told don't make any sense.
And screaming at me when I question you isn't going to make me a believer.