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Originally posted by FreedomOfSpeech
hmmmm...touch opinion to state one obvious side i am on, however i think if it was someone who shows no remorse for other human beings and has commited serious offfences in the past i would count it as alright as long it was moderate. On the other hand if he was just a soldier on the opposite side i think it is totally inapropiate to do that to someone for information. But like i just said if it was a leader of a malicious nature i count is as ok sort of.
Originally posted by Lucifer
Is this not a day and age where we all suffer enough by the acts that only one brings to another as selves unto selves. I see everyone I meet as equal and perfect as God created before we knew breath. All acts of violence carried out by anyone is not by any means a step in the right diection. Who or what person may judge any other. I have developed a concept of assessment by which one must at any moment on any thought as to applied or intended by perception is merely the mind's psychological necessity for 'closure' on an idea or concept. Judgement is finality, as assessment as ascribed while also providing open-ended objectivity on the sub-concious level, so that partial closure affords the mind a margin for improvement upon the implementation of higher or more sophisticated logic strings in an increased level of viability.
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
There are many ways to torture someone without it being lethal.
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
I always knew forms of torture have been used by agents of the U.S. government for various reasons. I cringed - even though I understand that sometimes it is a necessary evil. We live in a vicious world full of vicious criminals and psychopaths. Apart from it being inhuman, the main problem I have is that the Bush administration has no problem with trumpeting to the world our right to do it. I think it is something that should be handled very quietly. Discretion is the key. I think this arrogance places our soldiers and citizens overseas at much greater risk for retribution.
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
Is Torture ok?
Originally posted by ADVISOR
The covenant permits governments to temporarily suspend some of these rights in cases of civil emergency only, and lists those rights which cannot be suspended for any reason.