First off, I'll freely admin I only made it through about one page. I have two main thoughts on this subject. 1. I grew up with Catholicism. It isn't my moral

First off, I'll freely admin I only made it through about one page. I have two main thoughts on this subject. 1. I grew up with Catholicism. It isn't my moral system but it is a reference point. In the catholic moral equation there are two poles: God, and the devil. God is good, the devil is evil. What does the devil do? Torture. Torture is the lower bound of the moral equation, it is the worst thing you can do. 2. "We", I use the term we very loosely here, we support a system which tortures -- we pay taxes, accept the authority, defend the shores, etc, of an organization that tortures, and voluntarily associates with torturers. Given this, I've had a huge change in my political thinking over the last 5-10 years. We are bad guys. Maybe not the bad guys, but we are bad guys. It is wrong to assume reasonable people will support us. It is wrong to assume that reasonable people are our friends. It is wrong to assume that if people are educated, familiarized, empowered, etc. that they will support our continued existence. This has made me much more politically conservative in a lot of ways.