Is torture any part of a Christian society?
I’m not going to use this space to express my own political views (which are fairly moderate!) but I must admit I was shocked to see on my TV screen last night a demonstration of the water torture used by the CIA to extract information from prisoners.
The question has to be asked as to whether torture can be justified at any time (especially a method like this which is quite barbaric) and if it can be morally justified then how can countries such as the US which use torture continue to criticise other nation states who behave less than honourably toward their citizens and prisoners?
I’m not passing judgement, just asking the question!