NYT Editorial

For as long as there have been laws, it seems that there have been a select few exempt from following them. Celebrities and the Government seem to be at the top of that little list. In the case of the torture sessions approved and supported by the highest members of the government, including the President and most of his cabinet, I am not as disturbed by the fact that we are torturing people than I am with the fact that the government feels that it is beyond the laws that it made itself. This may sound cynical, but I'm sure that every country tortures their P.O.W.s, so I don't think that's the main issue here. The part that bothers me is the hypocrisy. These people are put into office, whatever office that may be, to run this country and to provide a sound framework of laws that govern it. How can we be expected to bow down to laws that the government itself does not follow? I don't condone anarchy in any way shape or form mind you, I just can't stand the deceit, the lies and the double standards that are being used by the people that represent us, the citizens of America, to the rest of the world. I would love more than anything if our politicians would give us a reason to trust them, but I haven't seen any evidence so far.