[gcruse]

Do you find it "horrible" that we incinerated 6,000-10,000 Iraqis in the name of "liberation" and mentally and physically tortured the falsely-held prisoners of Abu Ghraib

The prisoners at Abu Ghraib were neither tortured nor burned to death my us.  Don't your friends over at DU need you for something?  BTW, I don't think we had any business liberating Iraq, either.  But does that excuse the Inquistion?

[Fifthmark]

Don't your friends over at DU need you for something?

Ah, so I can't disagree with Bush and find the Abu Ghraib situation appalling without being a member of the Democratic Underground? Nice false dilemma there, bub.

But does that excuse the Inquistion?

The whole point is that the Church shouldn't have to "excuse" the Inquisition, as it was perfectly justified. The only disagreement I would have is on the techniques employed, which must be put into context and were not as sadistic as some would make them out to be.

[Tuco Ramirez]

The Inquisition has to be seen as a product of its time, when Christian Europe was engaged in wars against non-Christians who were quite formidable. Nobody has to excuse the Inquisition; why should they?