‘Fill The Jails’, Part II

Agreed! We are rapidly approaching the only real tipping point that counts: We have nothing left to lose, and as Janis Joplin said, "that's freedom, guys.?"

Liberation is something quite different.

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‘Fill The Jails’, Part II
by Sean Gonsalves

Part I of this essay was published on Saturday, May 19, 2007.

“Nonviolence is a universal principle and its operation is not limited by a hostile environment. Indeed, its efficacy can be tested only when it acts in the midst of an in spite of opposition. Our nonviolence would be a hollow thing and worth nothing, if it depended for its success on the goodwill of the authorities.” - Gandhi

The GOP front runners gunning for the White House in ‘08 were trying to one-up each other on torture at a “debate” two weeks ago.

Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said interrogators should use “any method they can think of,” while former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney not only supported “enhanced interrogation techniques” - the contemporary euphemism for torture - he proposed doubling the size of the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay.

McCain’s support for prolonging the illegitimate occupation of Iraq aside, he’s the one torture hold out.