Do you feel torturing suspects for information is okay? How far is too far? When is it okay, and when (if it does) does it violate human rights?
Also, for those who know (because I do not) - some say that in certain cases, torture violates the Geneva conventions - when are prisoners considered 'prisoners of war' - who/what makes that distinction?What are your thoughts on torturing people for information?i disagree with it in theory...
HOWEVER.. .if i had a terrorist in front of me.. knowing he had planted a bomb in a location and it was going to go off in an hour i WOULD get the information as to it's location out of him... and it doesn't matter how many of his parts i had to take off to do it.
it is a matter of expedience.. when you are dealing with terrorists they are targeting civilians and you have a very limited time to get information from them... would you rather see 1000 people die from a chemical weapon or break a rule.. your choice. .you have X time to come up with an answer...
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i agree that if you are looking for long term interrogation techniques it isn't the best one available. .and is possibly the worst.. but if you need an answer within 24 hours it is probably the only one that would work.
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sorry last part what makes em subject to Geneva convention.. as the man says it is specified in the convention code..
basically they have to be wearing a uniform.. have an organized command hierarchy and represent a government...
since terrorists do NOT have an organized command hierarchy and do not wear uniforms they are not subject to the Geneva convention.What are your thoughts on torturing people for information?
Getting information from being tortured rarely gives you correct information. At some point, all will crack and agree that they are God if you so ask them to admit to it.
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What are your thoughts on torturing people for information?people have been tortured for information for years . the effectivieness of it has been tested too and its not effective. john mccain in his book said that when tortured he told the enemy the offensive line of the green bay packers when asked for names. people will lie to stop the torture or make up info. the only reason for torture is for sick vengeance or revenge. the problem is that it is like throwing red meat out . lots of people want that revenge so people will say they want it . programs and movies that glorify it and show an unreasonable version. you dont knock out the bad guy with one punch and when you hit them on the back of the head they either say oww or youve killed themWhat are your thoughts on torturing people for information?The Geneva convention forbids torture of both civilians and soldiers. But Bush decided the people he caught where neither of those things.
If torturing one man could save thousands of people, and that's a fact, I would think that it's "okay". But it should still be a crime and the person who did it should be punished for it.What are your thoughts on torturing people for information?this is an anciet old method oredi. recommended a safer method. U know Yuri, red alert 2? that's the best method, nothing can escape from the brain. DOG has been using that on me more than over decades oredi. Try it!
e.g. u want to know about car from him, is he a car killer or is he innocent? so whenever he ZzZZz, u cast a dream during his sleep and ask his spirit or his soul for more info, the spirit will tell u honestly cos he has no control once he is ZzZZz! Seek the chinese god to do it, it works! or other mean of medium u can probe one's sleep with a dream u desire 2 know.
that's my XP all the times but got side effects and very bad to health and body of the person u cast a dream! i dun lie to answer your question.
Torture is not an effective method to gain information. True, torture will get most human beings to talk, but the information may not be reliable. The Geneva Conventions, particularly Article 3 of the Fourth Geneva Convention describes who is and who is not a combatant and how prisoners of war and detainees should be treated.What are your thoughts on torturing people for information?
On a personal level, I can imagine situations where I'd be tempted to use it, such as if I had the guy that kidnapped someone dear to me tied up in my basement. I'd be creative in my methods of finding out where they were.
However, I'd be fully aware that what I was doing was illegal, and that I'd probably get caught and punished, and be making a conscious trade for the safety of my family member.
I'm not quite so comfortable giving any government the power to do the same without consequences.
Usually it isn't effective because the tortured will say anything to stop the torture.
Torture does violate the Geneva convention rules...but... those rules are only in effect for the armed forces of a recognized (and cosigner of the convention) country.What are your thoughts on torturing people for information?
I grew up to see torture as something that the Nazis did, and the Red Chinese. It's a vicious violation of everything our country stands for, and those in the Bush Administration who ignored the law to authorize it are traitors.
It doesn't work. It's a horrible road to go down. It hurts us way more than it helps us. Our human rights record was one of the things that set this country above others. So much for that.
i support it completely id rather have one terrorist bloody than thousands of civilians
Torture may be understandable under 2 circumstances:
1. Soldiers in the heat of battle who have immediate fear for their lives if they don't get immediate, verifiable critical information. Being in the heat of battle is a reason to break the rules.
2. If there is an immediate threat to kill massive numbers of people and you are certain that the person has the information to prevent it.
Neither of these situations has occured or would support a national policy of torture as occured during the Bush Administration. Bush's activities were not in the heat of battle and there was no reason to believe that a nuclear attack was imminent and that a specific person has knowledge of that attack. National policy should be made by cool heads who are not making rash decisions in the pressure of the moment. These policies should then be followed by the government.
Note that torture is an unreliable means to obtain information. Bush attacked Iraq in part because of evidence tortured out of one of the prisoners (who later retracted his statements when not threatened with torture. Torture is just plain wrong and contrary to our values. We didn't employ torture in WW2 as an instrument to obtain intelligence against either the Japanese or Germans.
One last reason to avoid torture is the impact on our national reputation. There have been reports of other nations in Afghanistan refusing to turn over prisoners to us because of the fear of torture. Other nations are less willing to assist us if we abandon the moral high ground.
I'm ok with it so long as it's not for petty crimes, etc. If it's something that can save my country from attack, hell yes I'm ok with it. When it comes to saving human lives, I'm all for it. Screw the Geneva Conventions, we seem to be the only ones that follow it. Do you really think other countries worry about getting in trouble for torturing people for information? No. We all the media to make our standards which is basically allowing the liberals to make decisions. Again, if it's for something petty, there's no reason to torture anyone. True, information isn't always the best once torture is there but believe me when I say, there are people who know things and those are typically the ones that will be torutured, on any side of war (good vs. bad).
Prisoners are considered prisoners of war once they are detained. If the detaining group (military/police) determine that someone may have knowledge that could protect our citizens and our armed forces through whatever information they are given, they will be held and interrogated.
I support prisoner abuse if there is an honest to goodness cause for it.
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