No

• 1 of 17

  by Samberg

  Created on: January 24, 2010

  Torture can be seen in the history of every culture, stretching back thousands of years ago, even before

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  by Michael Shepard

  Created on: July 01, 2008   Last Updated: February 16, 2010

  The justifiability of torture as a relevant, viable, productive, and worthy technique for gaining superiority

• 3 of 17

  by Eleanor Scott

  Created on: February 20, 2008

  The use of torture as an interrogation technique is both unjustified and misguided. Morally, it is a

• 4 of 17

  by Graydyl

  Created on: May 30, 2010   Last Updated: May 31, 2010

  According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, torture is defined as the infliction of severe pain

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  by Joseph Coleman

  Created on: June 11, 2009   Last Updated: June 12, 2009

  Torture is one of those words that sounds like what it is. It is a means of cruelty, that forces one

• 6 of 17

  by James Boyd

  Created on: June 14, 2009   Last Updated: June 17, 2009

  Torture should never be a tool used by a representative of a civilized country. There are several good

• 7 of 17

  by Zachary Maichuk

  Created on: May 31, 2009   Last Updated: June 02, 2009

  The appropriateness of torture has been an issue that has returned to the national discourse since we

• 8 of 17

  by David Johnson

  Created on: March 17, 2008

  On Saturday, March 8, 2008, President Bush vetoed a bill banning a number of interrogation techniques

• 9 of 17

  by Gerhard Adam

  Created on: June 14, 2008

  While many of the discussions focus on the legalities or morality of torture, the answer to this question

• 10 of 17

  by Wayne Reeves

  Created on: March 02, 2009

  Mankind has made claims that it is the superior species on planet Earth - without its experiences and

• 11 of 17

  by Thokozile Gurganious

  Created on: March 11, 2008

  The plain answer is no. Under international law, there is freedom from torture, and this right to be

• 12 of 17

  by Robert C. Sage

  Created on: December 14, 2007   Last Updated: December 17, 2007

  No, torture is never justified, even if there is a ticking timebomb. Any information obtained through

• 13 of 17

  by Charles Ray

  Created on: April 20, 2009

  The use of torture as an interrogation technique is never justified. First, under international conventions

• 14 of 17

  by Jeremy Hammond

  Created on: September 17, 2008

  The question of whether torture is ever justified in interrogations can be approached from several different

• 15 of 17

  by Todd Daigneault

  Created on: December 25, 2007   Last Updated: December 23, 2008

  Torture by those claiming freedom and democracy for all only brings them down to the equivalent of the

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  by Edward Hall

  Created on: December 21, 2007

  I am willing to give you a flat unequivocal no to this question. Torture as an interrogation technique

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  by Bryan W. Alaspa

  Created on: January 26, 2008

  Saying that the use of torture is somehow justified because our enemies are terrible, seems a bit like