Is Torture Justified?

[jimdmcevoy]

I don't usually post here, but I wanted to hear people's opinions about this

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...sex_vs_faith_7

If this is true, which wouldn't suprise me, does anyone think this should or should not be done?

[lastchance]

Some of this stuff is disgusting, but to have an effective interrogation tactics, you need to put the prisoners under duress.

How likely is it torture someone who had not done anything at all?

How far should they be allowed to go in this world?

[MMMMMM]

"The female interrogator wanted to "break him," Saar adds, describing how she removed her uniform top to expose a tight-fitting T-shirt and began taunting the detainee, touching her breasts, rubbing them against the prisoner's back and commenting on his apparent erection."


Sorry but that doesn't sound like torture to me.

[lastchance]

Heh, what happens when the thing you believe the most in is completely trampled?

There are many ways to torture someone without beating and lynching them.

(deleted for bad example)

Oh, and while making this post, I just realized something.... Could this be counted as sexual assault, since the prisoner was (I assume) restrained?

[Voltron87]

The US should not allow torture to be used, ever. It is not even an effective method of finding information since people will say whatever they can if the pain is bad enough. So if its basically useless, the US should not further destroy its moral credibility.

[Q8offsuit]

Cripes! Ban the long links!

[MMMMMM]

Whatever...it isn't TORTURE.

Perfect example of failing to differentiate adequately.

And as for "What happens when the thing you believe in most is trampled?", well, welcome to the real world. Happens all the time, happens to everyone. The things I believed in most, loved most, and wished for most, were trampled by Life itself. Do I have a case.

[Wake up CALL]

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The US should not allow torture to be used, ever. It is not even an effective method of finding information since people will say whatever they can if the pain is bad enough. So if its basically useless, the US should not further destroy its moral credibility.

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Spoken like someone never exposed to finely honed torture techniques.

[QuadsOverQuads]

It's very interesting to watch all these self-proclaimed "anti-big-government conservatives" suddenly rushing to the defense of state torture ... just as long as their party is running the show, of course. It says a lot.


q/q

[Wake up CALL]

I hate to burst your bubble but if that wimp Ted Kennedy was torturing potential terrorists I'd be cheering him on as well. It appears you just don't get it. Being a fiscal conservative yet salivating over some good homegrown torutre techniques are not mutually exclusive.