Friday, June 22, 2007

Bloggers on Torture: An Open Invitation

Seems to me that some of the best social, political, philosophical, and religious commentary going these days come from bloggers (okay, a lot of crap comes from bloggers too). So I've been wandering in blogland inviting their thoughts on this question:

"What is torture, and is it necessarily immoral?"

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s the responses get posted, I'll link to them here at Death and the Maiden. This is an open invitation, so if I haven't yet got around to writing you a personal note, you shouldn't wait. Post your thoughts, and feel free to pass the invitation on to others. Since the politicians and the professional academics and the media talking heads for the most part don't want to deal with the topic of torture, let's start the conversation ourselves.