Torture and power

May God have mercy on the souls of the Administration and the officers and enlisted men and women involved if this allegation of torture is true.

US terror investigation went too far, experts say

The consequence of emotional callousness where power is concerned is that anything can be rationalized in the name of a cause. And that is how power corrupts. This kind of psychological torture, if true, is almost more serious than physical torture that doesn't result in death.

That idea that anyone would rationalize the abuses of power or force by any government or group in the name of any cause is repugnant to me. Because it bears the emotional callousness that treats people like pawns and so predictably devolves into tragedies that cannot be taken back.

I don't even believe in God. But may he have mercy on our souls if this is true and we excuse it.

Love,
Ben