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This bill takes away the power of activist judges to define torture and gives that power to President Bush, who certainly "knows it when he sees it." Unlike Senator McCain, President Bush has actually had long experience with making decisions about what does and does not constitute torture. When Bush was president of the fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon at Yale, his frat was disciplined for hazing new pledges by branding them. In his first public statement on these issues, the future President Bush pointed out that these weren't "physically and mentally degrading acts," as the disciplinary board claimed but were "insignificant," comparing them to cigarette burns. In addition to this experience with grappling with these questions, I think we can all be assured that his Christian background and the very clear ethical position of the Christian right on torture will enable him to apply traditional torture values in a way that shows why we are a moral beacon for the rest of the world.
-- Jon Swift Blog
A nice, darkly amusing tidbit about our president. I mainly want to introduce 'Jon Swift,' who is an interesting and witty blogger. In this particular post of his, I also liked the idea that maybe it should not be surprising that Christians are favoring the use of torture, since what is Hell but God's own ultimate torture chamber, heh.
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This bill takes away the power of activist judges to define torture and gives that power to President Bush, who certainly "knows it when he sees it." Unlike Senator McCain, President Bush has actually had long experience with making decisions about what does and does not constitute torture. When Bush was president of the fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon at Yale, his frat was disciplined for hazing new pledges by branding them. In his first public statement on these issues, the future President Bush pointed out that these weren't "physically and mentally degrading acts," as the disciplinary board claimed but were "insignificant," comparing them to cigarette burns. In addition to this experience with grappling with these questions, I think we can all be assured that his Christian background and the very clear ethical position of the Christian right on torture will enable him to apply traditional torture values in a way that shows why we are a moral beacon for the rest of the world.
-- Jon Swift Blog
A nice, darkly amusing tidbit about our president. I mainly want to introduce 'Jon Swift,' who is an interesting and witty blogger. In this particular post of his, I also liked the idea that maybe it should not be surprising that Christians are favoring the use of torture, since what is Hell but God's own ultimate torture chamber, heh.