That is not who I am?

 

This is not who I am,

But I did it.

As surely as if I tied those arms,

or poured the water.

 

That is not who I am,

but while I stood around,

children were raped in front of me,

and people were ground down into concrete.

 

And I said nothing while they did it.

I looked in guilty perversion,

And I defended the perverts

when I should have condemned them.

 

That is not who I am.

Or is it?

Christopher H. Holte, 12/11/2014 in reaction to  Senate Torture Report & reactions