October 9, 2004

  • I should read Making Light more frequently. She's talking about a bill in Congress set to make 'extraordinary rendition' legal. 'Extraordinary rendition' is the practice of sending terrorist suspects to foreign countries that allow torture.

    What she has to say about it is pretty impressive, but she links to another 'blog that's covering this topic in much greater depth, called ObsidianWings.

    It's a complicated issue to understand, but an easy issue to reach a conclusion about: It's wrong, bad, and contrary to the principles of human dignity and the rule of law. Torturing prisoners only works to intimidate other prisoners, and torturing for intimidation is.. well.. WRONG. Extraditing prisoners to another country so you can do it legally is also.. well.. WRONG.