I can't believe we're talking about this aspect of torture within the context of the U.S. Is it even an issue? That the U.S. would do this (i.e. empower it or 'allow it to happen') "family oriented" style of torture would be the worst atrocity it has committed in recent years.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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