A hypocrite or just human!?

Posted 29 Oct 2010 by Walaa Idris

Yesterday, I tweeted HERE that MI6 will not use torture ‘even’ at the risk of terror. Knowing that our security men and women don’t use this inhumane tactics filled me with pride and confidence that we are who we say we are – a civilised and decent nation – and we do practice what we preach.

Plus as someone who does not cope will with pain – I know torture can get answers but not results – when in pain most people will say and do anything to stop the hurt!

However, the phrase “…at the cost of terror…” stayed with me, lingered on and kept bouncing around in my head ever since I heard it.

Because, and I think I might not be alone here, although thinking and trusting that our security forces will do the right thing fills me with poise, but ‘knowing’ the cost to which they are prepared to go to for doing the right things made me feel very venerable and exposed!

My question is does that feeling make me a hypocrite or just human!?

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