We don’t handle randomness well.
   -Dr. Lucy Jones, scientist in charge of the Southern California office of the U.S. Geological Survey

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If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify Him. They would ask Him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
   -Thomas Carlyle

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While I am working on my post “Weaving it all together“, I see that I have been misunderstood and misinterpreted to the point where I need to make an interim clarification (I’m sure I’ll have to make a clarification again after I state what I believe unequivocally in a manner I will mistakenly think is coherently expressed and understandable by those willing to think instead of react) regarding my views upon Guantanamo.

I am not going to try to define “torture” here.

I will merely ask this question:

What would be your reaction if you heard of this “stress treatment” being applied to members of the US Armed Forces or any American being held prisoner by anyone?

Be careful how you answer my question. What would YOUR reaction be if you heard of an American prisoner being treated in this manner?

What would you write in your weblog?

Be honest, for the only one who will know you if you are lying is yourself, the harshest critic, the most unforgiving judge, the one who will condemn you to restless nights and uneasy days.

Then wonder, based upon your reaction of if the recipient of this benignly-labeled “stress treatment” was an American, soldier or civilian, reason out for yourself whether this treatment of any enemy is the act of a nation of honor.

If you are capable of holding more than one point of view in your mind without going into mental gridlock, then perhaps, just perhaps, you might be able to escape a partisan point of view and understand a larger world.

If that sounds condescending, then you have gotten my point, a gold star for you. I will no longer write pablum suitable for the lowest common denominator.

Use your mind, not your gut…

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