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[rivka]

Photo gallery of churches, synagogues, convents, meeting houses, and mosques across America displaying banners that simply say "torture is wrong."

It's nice to see these 125 pictures, but I'm left with the question: why doesn't every single house of worship in America have a similar sign?

Comments

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

because there are a lot of people, and therefore houses of worship, who don't think it's wrong, who even think that their god approves of it.

i realize you're likely being hypothetical here. but pls have an answer anyhow.

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

I think most folks who don't kick up a fuss about torture just don't think about it, or don't really believe it, or don't realize that a thing that doesn't sound too bad when you're free and safe can be extremely nasty when you're completely at the mercy of an unfriendly power. e.g., "Cold cell? Big whoop; I've gone camping in sub-zero temperatures!" Sure... and a camper could just say "screw this!" and pack up camp and go home. Or, if s/he couldn't, it was at least something s/he'd chosen to do. Further, s/he's not locked in a cell surrounded by people with guns.

Then again, there probably are a good many people who approve of torture as well.