Comments on: Torture and the Golden Rule http://www.mattandleighann.com/2005/11/torture-and-the-golden-rule A Few More Pirates Wouldn't Hurt Either Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:16:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ToddB http://www.mattandleighann.com/2005/11/torture-and-the-golden-rule/comment-page-1#comment-340 ToddB Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:57:32 +0000 http://www.mattandleighann.com/?p=379#comment-340 I would consider the descration of a Bible in order to retrieve information out of an American soldier to be the equivilent of the enemy calling him "Mr. Poopypants" and making "your mama" jokes. Pretty ineffective, and speaks more about the mentality of the interrogator than anything. As you stated, the Koran thing was overblown in the media, much to the detriment of our soldiers who's lives are at stake. The Muslim's who were outraged by the claims were likely just looking for more ammo to throw at us anyways and were handed that by the MSM. I think most Christian Americans would prefer the desecration of a Bible over the harming of our soldiers for the reasons DC stated. You bring up an interesting point about interogating to gather information which simply doesn't exist. I suppose in that condition I trust that the American military's interrogators are well trained enough to know when information is there and when it is not. That trust may be ill placed, but I still prefer to err on the side of the safety of the American public rather than the comfort of a suspected (or more likely known) terrorist. I would consider the descration of a Bible in order to retrieve information out of an American soldier to be the equivilent of the enemy calling him “Mr. Poopypants” and making “your mama” jokes. Pretty ineffective, and speaks more about the mentality of the interrogator than anything. As you stated, the Koran thing was overblown in the media, much to the detriment of our soldiers who’s lives are at stake. The Muslim’s who were outraged by the claims were likely just looking for more ammo to throw at us anyways and were handed that by the MSM. I think most Christian Americans would prefer the desecration of a Bible over the harming of our soldiers for the reasons DC stated.

You bring up an interesting point about interogating to gather information which simply doesn’t exist. I suppose in that condition I trust that the American military’s interrogators are well trained enough to know when information is there and when it is not. That trust may be ill placed, but I still prefer to err on the side of the safety of the American public rather than the comfort of a suspected (or more likely known) terrorist.

]]> By: Matt http://www.mattandleighann.com/2005/11/torture-and-the-golden-rule/comment-page-1#comment-337 Matt Thu, 01 Dec 2005 04:20:13 +0000 http://www.mattandleighann.com/?p=379#comment-337 Interesting...I was not aware of all this. Interesting…I was not aware of all this.

]]> By: DC http://www.mattandleighann.com/2005/11/torture-and-the-golden-rule/comment-page-1#comment-335 DC Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:45:20 +0000 http://www.mattandleighann.com/?p=379#comment-335 One thing I'd point out is that Muslims regard the Koran pretty differently from how Christians view the Bible. My understanding is that Christians consider the Bible to be like a copy of God's words - not that the book itself is necessarily holy, but that the concepts conveyed within are holy. I believe that the Koran is regarded as actually being holy. Like the book itself that you might hold in your hand. This is also why they do not consider a translation to be the real thing (you have to learn Arabic to really read the Koran - anything else is just reading "about" the Koran). So, I might be annoyed if someone throws a Bible on the ground, but a devout Muslim will be horrified if someone throws a Koran on the ground. (All of this without having been a Muslim, but having looked into such issues) One thing I’d point out is that Muslims regard the Koran pretty differently from how Christians view the Bible. My understanding is that Christians consider the Bible to be like a copy of God’s words – not that the book itself is necessarily holy, but that the concepts conveyed within are holy. I believe that the Koran is regarded as actually being holy. Like the book itself that you might hold in your hand. This is also why they do not consider a translation to be the real thing (you have to learn Arabic to really read the Koran – anything else is just reading “about” the Koran). So, I might be annoyed if someone throws a Bible on the ground, but a devout Muslim will be horrified if someone throws a Koran on the ground.

(All of this without having been a Muslim, but having looked into such issues)

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