Torture is wrong. Period.

I don't know how the feck it's come to pass in just a few short years that one has to make an statement against torture ON BEHALF OF A LAW-BASED DEMOCRACY, but there it is.

In particular, torture of a 16-year-old kid is wrong, diabolically wrong. I don't care who his parents are or what they said or did, nor does it matter that this kid may have thrown a grenade at a U.S. soldier. There's nothing to be gained by tormenting a KID. Please note that there is a HUGE difference between punishment and @#!%$*&!ing torture.

The Red Cross believes that war crimes are being commited at Guantanamo Bay - in your name, in my name:



It's got to stop. Especially for this kid. To quote another commenter: "I am Canadian and I demand that his rights be vigorously enforced. YO! HARPER! Snap to it!"

You can go here to sign the Avaaz petition for the U.S. to close the Guantanamo Bay prison.