waterboarding is<\/a>. An a quick reminder also that it is an intrinsically evil act, which means in is evil in ordinary and extraordinary circumstances alike. Remember too, that eight years ago this presidential candidate was embracing some of the buzz words of Catholic social teaching. And now, he is giving the thumbs up to methods of torture perfected by the Khmer Rouge. This is where we end up.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bush claims the power\u00a0to authorize this torture technique in \u201cextraordinary circumstances\u201d. A quick reminder on what exactly waterboarding is. An a quick reminder also that it is an intrinsically evil act, which means in is evil in ordinary and extraordinary circumstances alike. Remember too, that eight years ago this presidential candidate was embracing some of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2951,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,32,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consequentialism","category-mornings-minion","category-torture"],"yoast_head":"\n
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