The Importance Of Torture In America
As Americans, as a nation founded on the basis of fundamental human rights, and equality for all, torture is an unacceptable and inexcusable act that degrades us as a nation and as individuals. It debases us and makes us scarcely better than those we condemn. Just as a rose by any other name will smell just as sweet, torture by any other name remains just as deplorable. Young was on the right track when she declared torture a “slippery slope,” and if we declare it acceptable sometimes, there truly is no telling how far down that slope we will go (Young). You see, America has always been the stalwart defender of justice, the hero of the oppressed, and the beacon of light that shines around the world - we are the golden standard by which the