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1. Torture violates the dignity of the human being.

2. Torture mistreats the vulnerable and violates the demands of justice.

3. Authorizing torture trusts government too much.

4. Torture dehumanizes the torturer.

5. Torture erodes the character of the nation that tortures.


http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/...2.html?start=1

1) Simplistic.

2) Inapplicable.

3) Debatable.

4) Situational.

5) Baiting.

Christianity is moot; morality being suspended with the onset of hostilities. A conflict must be won, not attractively packaged for the sake of a weak stomach. The timidity of a wavering mass shall forgive any excess, where victory is secured. As we all know, history impugns only defeat.