Is it ok for the C I A to torture people ?
98547
Ask Sen. John McCain...\nHe has first hand knowledge about the use of torture having undergone it while a POW in Vietnam.\nNO!!!!  We are the United States of America... and that USED to stand for something! We used to be leaders in world efforts for human rights and against the use of torture.  Now we do it ourselves!!! If we are lowered to the level of those we appose, then what does that make us?  \nAnd finally, it has been proven that information gained from the use of torture is not reliable and other means of interogation that do not use torture are more effective! So why are we using it?????
993737
Absolutely not, those who truly abuse and force themselves on children should have it all cut off.
215774
Woo hoo what a nutter! \nFollowing ur logic(!)if someone who is subsequently found to be INNOCENT is tortured to death (oops), then the people responsible should also be tortured. I notice u didnt include murderers in ur little rant or did u just forget to include them? U really should be sectioned and placed in a secure unit for everybodys safety. If anyone could be called 'evil' heres its u!
1047604
Would have to check the Geneva Convention. Alot of countries have not signed it therefore don't follow it. I believe if they behead you then we behead them.EYE 4 AN EYE
794186
Yes I am concerned, but Congress rolled over and it is legal to torture....which I think makes us all the more unsafer. Think of a soldier captured and getting tortured.
743142
That is an excellent question. Of course, we don't to the torture ourselves, we outsource it to places like Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It is appalling that a country that prides itself on human rights now conpsires to violate the Geneva convention while attacking other sovereign nations for the very same crime. I, for one, and deeply ashamed.
530830
I don't think we need torture, I think we need to bring back 'rifles at dawn'. Execution sounds harsh, but the purpose of it is to collectively remove people from society who've decided to turn on innocents. I think that lethal injection is too soft, it's too much kindness shown toward people who've raped, murdered, etc. Laws don't mean anything without some kind of tangible negative consequence for the lawbreakers.  Torture's kind of pointless, a way for sick cops to get their jollies...
1011058
This is not a good idea. At the moment the police know who these people are and watch them carefully. \n\n/&#92; if this is true how come so many of the vile scum re-offend /&#92;\n\n\nwe should know were they are at all times and that should be locked up in a very small dark room  or even better executed
1171745
Usually an interrogation tactic to try and get people to talk that's "cruel and unusual." Like something that would hurt them (physically or mentally).
635047
No, letting the government to kill someone is never justifiable because they are never 100% correct.
996948
Outcry? What, from our liberal media? No, to them torture is having women's underwear on your head or being made to stand naked and have your picture taken. That's the liberal idea of torture.\n\nThe media doesn't want to focus on this because it might strengthen our resolve to kick some terrorist butt. It might remind the general public what animals the terrorists are. The media won't even call them terrorists - they're "insurgents" or some other such namby-pamby term.\n\nThey're terrorists - ISLAMIC TERRORISTS! And they're animals. If we don't stop them over there, they will come here and show us what they really think of our freedom.
241685
No. I am seeing Saturday moring cartoon show of Abu Graib tortures as well as action figures of CIA/OGA and Navy SEALS ordering the abuse while GI JOES and GI JANES carry it out. \n\nWe can even make these victims into Haloween costumes for kids to make it more palatable to have people disappear and end up being " rendered " in secret detention centers over seas.\n\nI think there is a Thomas Kinkaid sculptre of the guy with wire on his thumbe draped in a pauncho  on the box for sale in 3 easy installments for $29.99 each - but supplies are limited. \n\nNo, sadly many, many Americans ( who may even be Christian conservatives ), seem to think this is OK and justified. \n\nWhat have we become?  Dear god. Didnt the GESTAPO do stuff like this ? But I am a liberal, what do I know?
960032
It depends who THE PEOPLE are.If you mean everyone the world or England as a whole then no I don't think so.If you mean Muslims then definitely NO labour are to scared to put sanctions on any culture but christian because they are so P.C the British  are the most accepting culture of differences for example we don't ban hi-jabs like Holland,or France who have banned them in schools.personally I believe they are degrading to women like they are second class citizens but that's my opinion who am i to force that on anyone, the same way certain sects of Muslims feel they can tell me what to think and feel by killing innocent people.  Muslims or any other religion , no body has the right including the labour government to kill for belief which are not the same as there own.
893523
Your an idiot. We signed a peace of paper years ago saying that we would not torture people. Many countries signed the same piece of paper. We do this for many reasons, but mainly to protect our troops. Do we want others to treat our troops the way we treat them. Their are some grey area's but it is very important that we keep our promises.
625935
Yes.\n\nPeople are held there without trial.  They are not given any legal rights including the right to know why they are being held, the charges against them, the length of time they have to stay there, or the right to defend themselves with proper legal process.\n\nOn top of that there have been numerous allegations of mistreatment and torture.\n\nSounds like a concentration camp to me.
550781
yes we SHOULD torture them\n\nthey arent u.s. citizens, they dont have constitutional rights\ntheir surrender was unconditional\n\nwe should have an eye-for-eye-tooth-for-tooth system. if they cut our peoples heads off with dull bladed swords, we have every right to do the same\n\nin the phillippines they stopped the insurrection by burying the islamic extremists in pig feces.. that stopped it really quickly since they believe being buried in pig feces is an auto-hell granting.  we should do what the filipinos did.
1141115
I expect the opposing side to name call on this one, or downplay the sactioning of torture. or that my side is sympathic to terrorist.\n\nThey will argue they have no rights as enemy combatants.\n\nThis is all garbage, it is dangerous the president can declare anyone an enemy without proof or trial......\nWe are not Iraq we are suppose to do justice by our nations princples.\n\nWe are letting people out of those prisons quietly, why would we do that if they were guilty.\n\n\nRumfeld and the Prez ok torture and blamed on 3 or 4 MPS.  It all stinks, \n\nThe way we detained many was by paying warlords for Tali Ban. War lords were paid by the head, many of these were people with no connection to Al Quedia or enemies of the war lords,  farmers.... you think a war lord cares........but who cares right?