The Kansas City Star

[rockybelt]

printed a letter to the editor today, November 21, that caused my jaw to drop clear to the ground.
Here it is:
"Limited use of Torture"

Sometimes we are faced with two bad alternatives and must choose the lesser of two evils.
Those fighting terrorism face such a situation when they have a prisoner who has information that could save lives but who refuses to reveal it.

Inflicting pain on one person is not as bad as allowing innocent people to die, and the prisoner in this situation can avoid the pain by telling what he knows.

Instead of prohibiting torture, we should regulate how and when it can be used. It should only be used on people we are sure have important information and should be restricted to methods that don't inflict permanent damage.

There is a precedent for this type of regulation in the laws governing the use of deadly force by law enforcement officials. Police are authorized to kill in certain situations, but to prevent abuse of this authority there are restrictions on when they can do so. The use of torture should be regulated in the same way.

This from a person that lives in Bonner Springs, Kansas

How does the thinking of an individual get so warped as to condone and even urge the use of torture on a human being or even an animal? This is the kind of idiotic thinking that enables the use of torture by a government.

Maybe this guy should work for the Bush administration.

Maybe he already does.

SCARY!

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Yeah I saw that

You should have printed the name of the letter writer.

Can't wait to read the responses. The Star's letter page has definitely been in our favor lately.

[rockybelt]

2. His name is

Clyde Herrin