Torture Poll

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Well, the Torture Poll is closed and I want to thank you all very much for taking part in it by giving your honest answer. In case you did not see the results before I removed it, there were a total of 7 votes cast; 6 of which were in some form of the "yes" category.

Now, a yes is a yes, no matter how you condition it. So it came out that 86% of you would torture someone to save someone else's life. Now, at first glance, I thought my poll was flawed because it is nearly opposite of what the American people publicly express.

But it is not flawed. The fact is that when asked publicly for their opinion, by far most Americans condemn any kind of torture. But they all know, deep inside, that they would do it without hesitation to save a loved one, and most any other innocent human being.

But the same is true about so many other of our feelings. People cried out publicly when they saw the cops beat Rodney King into submission, but at their dinner table most said they would have shot him to death.

People cried out publicly when they heard about the teacher duct taping her out of control grade school student to his chair, but in their living room, they laughed about it and said the child probably deserved it.

People cry out publicly when they hear about a family of four that were killed by a drunken driver, but drive home in private after slurping their cocktails in a tavern.

People contribute publicly to the mentally ill lady begging for help in front of the grocery store, but sneer as they walk away and hope that she would just leave their neighborhood. And people are kind to the autistic child while in public, but know they would abort an ill fated birth of their own.

And so it goes. Not always is what one says in public is what they will do in private. You know I'm right. And I know I'm right because I've been there and have had the time to study my inner self from the privacy of The Dock.
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