I'd like to voice my opinion about the national debate in the United States regarding torture. And here is how I'd like to begin:

For the love of all things sacred, have we so totally lost our minds that we are willing to attempt a rational debate about torture? 

I've been trying to express my astonished disgust over this for weeks, and in the white noise of everything I want to say at once, my voice comes out as screaming.

I'm not exaggerating in the least. I've been struggling how to frame my deep rooted objection to torturing people. I can't find the words.  I've only just realized that I shouldn't have to. I'm not going to enter into a debate about The PROS and CONS of TORTURE. 

I won't debate it's legality and the authority of the Executive Branch. I won't debate the pragmatic need for it, or ponder hypothetical situations. I will not rationalize a neo-Machiavellian end-case. I will not suffer "anything in the name of Freedom and Democracy." I won't debate these things any more than I would debate the practical upside of slavery.

It's torture.