The Question - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Trying to change the discussion, to force him to agree
to admit that torture, any torture, was justified
that the ends justify the means, any means
That sometimes our enemies lost their humanity
that our laws could be broken, for any reason
to save lives, that a just law could be ignored
Happily, he did not take the bait
did not agree that torture was ever just
Our enemies, ourselves ever changed
when hate calls us, and we answer in kind

January 18, 2009
the message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”
on the sign in front of church,
the story of Moses and Joshua,
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Joshua 1:1-9
and on the juxtaposition of the
80th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the inauguration of Barack Obama
as President of the United States of America
along with
Micah 4:1-4
Matthew 5:43-48
the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH,
and the hypothetical put to Eric Holder, nominee for Attorney General,
by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the use of waterboarding,
January 15, 2009, during his Senate Confirmation Hearings,
see http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/15/cornyn-holder-waterboard/