Should we risk the deaths of many innocents to protect the rights of a few suspected villains?
The answer is yes. The society is worth protecting because it protects the rights of all and gives them due process. It is dangerous to be uncompromisingly good. And it is the willingness to accept that danger which makes a society great, and the unwillingness to accept it which makes a society cowardly. America has gone, in my opinion, from a nation of noble greats (willing to die for liberty, in particular the liberty of others) to a nation of cowards (willing to torture or kill possible innocents to ensure their own safety).
I would imagine that the soldiers who died during WWII are rolling in their graves at the idea of having sacrificed so much for a nation whose people have become so unworthy that they can even carry on a serious debate about whether it's okay to torture other human beings.
The answer is yes. The society is worth protecting because it protects the rights of all and gives them due process. It is dangerous to be uncompromisingly good. And it is the willingness to accept that danger which makes a society great, and the unwillingness to accept it which makes a society cowardly. America has gone, in my opinion, from a nation of noble greats (willing to die for liberty, in particular the liberty of others) to a nation of cowards (willing to torture or kill possible innocents to ensure their own safety).
I would imagine that the soldiers who died during WWII are rolling in their graves at the idea of having sacrificed so much for a nation whose people have become so unworthy that they can even carry on a serious debate about whether it's okay to torture other human beings.
