Posted by
Zentrist on Friday, May 15, 2009 9:27:45 AM
As of this morning's article by Charles Krauthammer, the case is closed. We may continue to hear some noise, but the reasoning given by Krauthammer in my opinion is exceptionally powerful. As strong as that given by, say, John Yoo himself, one of the more high profile Bush attorneys. Krauthammer does justice to Natural Law even, which uses Aristotelian prudence in its deliberations. At least, a case could be made. (See or call Mr. George Weigel on that one.) The article does justice to one citizen's standards, my own, which are orthodox Catholic and "classical," both--by classical I mean Aristotelian, mainly.
Every good pastor, including our Holy Father, knows that there are exceptions. Read the catechism on, say, sexual morality. Does that mean that you go hog wild? Not only no, but...
Heck no!
The rest of the world must be wondering what these crazy Americans are fussing about! From Britain to China, all this hype is, from their perspective, "interesting." I'll say this: It does make me even more proud to be an American citizen. I'm proud of the left, to be sure; but I'm especially proud of the superior reasoning of Dr. Charles Krauthammer. Indeed we Americans do not "torture," unless we absolutely have to. And such cases are so rare as to be...