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Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:00 AM

Why we're publishing the new Abu Ghraib photos

America -- and the world -- has the right to know what was done in our name.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Thursday, February 16, 2006 02:22 PM

    GHDorf said "...the worst thing a Christian will do is bore you to death...." No... actually, the worst thing a Christian will do is run our country into the ground and ensure the rest of the world hates us ...

    Actually, GHDorf, there are a lot of horrendous things being done in the name of Christianity, or using Christianity as an excuse...

    • Ritual discrimination against gays, and attempts to pass laws to deny them their civil rights
    • Efforts to criminalize abortion and force women into backroom abortions, or bearing children, even in the cases of rape and incest
    • Efforts to insert religious dogma into our school curriculums and claim it's science

    I could list about 100 things...

    I'd bet you that the vast majority of the military morons who tortured the prisoners at Abu Ghraib call themselves Christians too, just like our war-mongering, hate-filled president.

    The worst thing a Christian will do is run our country into the ground and ensure that the world hates us...

    -- Mary in Washington, DC

    Disgusted to be an American these days...

    —Anonymous

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