There is a report on the Guild of Blessed Titus blog that indicates that the Santorum Rosary Crusade is fast spreading, certainly across Europe.
We know, also, that many in America are praying for his victory.
Of course, as predicted, the adverse comments are flying around the ether but, so are the good ones and I have to say that those bloggers who have been positive about Rick Santorum all appear to speak without hype and make a good case for this man (see A Reluctant Sinner).
And from America, posted under the Catholic Vote blog comes a stout defence from Stephen White.
The thorny issue seems to be the torture question.
Opponents claim that Santorum is in favour of it.
But where is the evidence?
He has said that he does not regard "waterboarding" as torture (and neither does the US Military).
You may read Stephen White's take on the waterboarding issue but I would only add that, if a terrorist was detained with evidence that he or she was privy to knowledge of a nuclear device that was due to be detonated in the capital, then with three children and four grandchildren in London, I would not object to the suspect being waterboarded if it would result in thousands of lives being saved.
It is not nice. It is abhorrent. But, is it torture?
Meanwhile....keep up the Rosaries
We know, also, that many in America are praying for his victory.
Of course, as predicted, the adverse comments are flying around the ether but, so are the good ones and I have to say that those bloggers who have been positive about Rick Santorum all appear to speak without hype and make a good case for this man (see A Reluctant Sinner).
And from America, posted under the Catholic Vote blog comes a stout defence from Stephen White.
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| I can think of more violent and abhorrent forms of interrogation |
Opponents claim that Santorum is in favour of it.
But where is the evidence?
He has said that he does not regard "waterboarding" as torture (and neither does the US Military).
You may read Stephen White's take on the waterboarding issue but I would only add that, if a terrorist was detained with evidence that he or she was privy to knowledge of a nuclear device that was due to be detonated in the capital, then with three children and four grandchildren in London, I would not object to the suspect being waterboarded if it would result in thousands of lives being saved.
It is not nice. It is abhorrent. But, is it torture?
Meanwhile....keep up the Rosaries
Well, if wikipedia is taken to be a reliable source, then "Torture is the act of inflicting severe pain (whether physical or psychological) as a means of punishment, revenge, forcing information or a confession, or simply as an act of cruelty." That's not a definition I think many would disagree with, and so it would seem that water boarding is indeed torture. I'm not exactly sure how it could not be. While it would seem that there could be situations in which torturing someone for information is beneficial, the ends do not ever justify the means.
ReplyDeleteYes, waterboarding is torture. And torture, as our Catholic faith teaches, is intrinsically wrong.
ReplyDeleteOne may never do evil that good may result.
I am a little wary having read he "favours" a strike against Iran [read in the Daily Mail]. Now this may be media spin, but I have to be honest - and after Iraq I do worry about an[other] Unjust War...
ReplyDeleteGareth - I quite agree. I would not make a case for nuclear war, ever.
ReplyDeleteBut something will have to be done (not necessarily war) in the future because Iran has vowed to nuke Israel and N Korea has promised the same for Japan.
However, the prospect of having a responsible Catholic as President is an attractive one.