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As newspapers and documentary films continue to discuss waterboarding and other controversial treatments of suspected terrorists, the debate over torture remains intense. Some insist that desperate times call for desperate measures, but others are baffled that such methods could exist in a civilized society. Is physical persuasion ever an appropriate means of interrogation?
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Information Obtained Through Torture is Not Reliable
No to Torture
Often times torture is justified by some who claim it helps to protect the country from terrorists and such yet it serves no such purpose. Information gleaned through torture is often unreliable as the tortured seek any means to end the torment. There is no way to tell if the information is accurate or has any thread of truth. And even if this information was reliable, how much pain would one be willing to inflict in order to get it? While techniques like sleep deprivation and exposure to the cold are common, at what point do we stop and accept other harsh actions like water-boarding? Torture is unnecessarily cruel and it does not force the victim to speak the truth.
- annalise
February 17, 2009 6:53PM
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yep
your right on the point of a terrorists telling what he thinks people want to hear but but is there anyother way to finding out the truth i have to admit im for it because what other options do we have
- hogcrazy
February 17, 2009 8:31PM
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