Torture Should Always Be Treated With Zero Tolerance

The subject of torture is topping the news again with the Senate confirmation hearings of Gonzales for Attorney General. Torture is possibly the most inhumane behavior of our species and is practiced by only our species (which just goes to show you, not everything unique to humans makes us more advanced than other animals). The idea of torture makes most of us cringe and sick to our stomachs, yet our Bush-war Administration is trying very hard to justify its use as a common military weapon. Read this account of torture used in a time of war and then keep it in mind when reading the news about Abu Ghraib, Gitmo and Gonzales. Torture should be a subject that never comes up as a viable form of punishment in any venue, and anyone who practices, supports or justifies it should be treated as if they just raped every baby in a newborn nursery.