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Ever heard the phrase "Don't stoop to their level?" I'm sure most of us have. When torture is used as a tactic to gain information from someone, it leaves me to believe that t...read more
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No, torture is never justified, even if there is a ticking timebomb. Any information obtained through harsh interrogation techniques is by definition suspect. It has been prov...read more
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The use of torture as an interrogation technique is both unjustified and misguided. Morally, it is a blatant example of expediency: the convenient but erroneous idea that "the e...read more
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Torture by those claiming liberation only levels them to the equivalent of the terrorist. We, as a free society, decline every time yet another person is tortured. In a sense,...read more
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The plain answer is no. Under international law, there is freedom from torture, and this right to be free from torture is one of those rights without limitations or exceptions. ...read more
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On Saturday, March 8, 2008, President Bush vetoed a bill banning a number of interrogation techniques deemed to be equivalent to torture, among them, the practice of waterboardi...read more
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Is torture justified? Ask a dog that has just been kicked by its Master. The dog learns only to hate and loathe the Master. The question is so banally ignorant and obtuse, en...read more
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by Edward Hall
I am willing to give you a flat unequivocal no to this question. Torture as an interrogation technique is never "Justified". Now I will put you in a hypothetical situation. ...read more
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by Gerhard Adam
While many of the discussions focus on the legalities or morality of torture, the answer to this question is actually much simpler. Where is the evidence that torture has produ...read more
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Saying that the use of torture is somehow justified because our enemies are terrible, seems a bit like flawed logic to me. By that rationale, why are we not training troops to ...read more
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Torture is a tool of state-terror. It is a weapon wielded by only the most evil. The use of torture exhibits the worst of what mankind is capable. When asked whether or not tort...read more
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Torture goes against the grain. It is against man and God and so how can it ever be justified? And the incongruity is that the very countries which teach their citizens to be ag...read more
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When is torture ever a means to and end? We shouldn't even be asking this question. Here we live in a country that wants to tell you how to raise your own children, in your ow...read more
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If one takes into consideration that the propagation of terror can be achieved by the utilization of torture, then no torture is ever justified when the underlying cause for the...read more
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Most passionately no. If, with sound conscience, you could answer yes to this question then where does that lead us? Under what circumstances is it 'alright' to torture someone?...read more
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by Bill Stone
Before we can have informed discourse regarding torture, we must be able to define it. We already have an idea of what behaviors constitute torture. Even techniques which are ...read more
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Is Torture ever justified as an interrogation technique? The correct answer is a qualified "Yes". The first qualification is that we thoroughly define "torture" to all in ...read more
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by John Cairnes
We've all heard the expression, "I'll fight you with one hand tied behind my back." Has anyone ever been foolish enough to try this. It is not an honorable way to fight, merely...read more
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by Rex Coker
When I think of the people that died in the twin towers in New York . I ask my self if this type of interrogation technique called torture , is a justifiable way to protect Amer...read more
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As the saying goes, everything's fair in love and war. At least that was the way I heard it growing up. War is in itself a vile thing. We ask our men and women to take up arms a...read more
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People believe torture to be painful, unethical treatment. It is; and it is shameful that any being should inflict torture unto another. However, that's not the question being a...read more
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by Nathan Hook
Yes, but with qualification in terms of what constitutes torture and the degree in which prisoners are subjected to physical violence. The techniques used in interrogation can b...read more
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by Louis B.
Torture as an interrogation technique is a common practice, it is the essence of getting answers, and finding the secrets one mans hides. Otherwise untold, and hidden forever. ...read more
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There are a wealth of little antidotes I could use in this particular instance. However, only one sprang up in my mind as i considered the question at hand. The good of the ma...read more
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by Adam Smith
Before we cry to our bleeding heart liberal candidates we must notice something. Something that is hard to except but easy to understand. I am a veteran of the war in Iraq and ...read more
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