If we legalized torture, can we please kill the suspects afterward?
968418
it's already being done.  at least 44 suspects have died while in the tender mercies of our army prisons.  and that's just the ones we know about.  who knows how many have been torured to death in those secret renditions to torture prone allied countries?
1083499
Of course they will what have they got to be upset about after all they have to put all their attention on looking after all the Terrorists health needs. Those poor people being held in handcuffs and ankle chains. not being able to say their prayers.Having to wear those terrible orange coveralls. Having to sit out in the sun to long. OH YEAH that is torture all right.\nBUT at least they are still alive. Three cheers for the bleeding hearts. The terrorists favourite.
1108520
Yes\n\nLate last year, Congress approved legislation declaring that U.S. interrogators cannot torture prisoners or otherwise subject them to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.\n\nBut President Bush's signing statement said the president, as commander in chief, can "waive the torture ban" if "he" decides that harsh interrogation techniques will assist in preventing terrorist attacks.
936911
Personally I would agree, we're just giving the old fool precisely what he wants anyway (he does want death but by firing squad, not hanging).\n\nI would prefer that they sentence him to life in Abu Gharaib or permanent confinement in a spider hole, anything that will make him beg for a death that will never come.\n\nBut in the final analysis, we do not have that power. Only those judges or the Iraqi people can really decide what to do with him (and for the most part they want him dead).
848781
Yes, anyone who kills themself should be executed.  Not only that, they should be made to pay to clean up the mess.
1157169
Any torture or murder is a crime. It is simply unacceptable.\n\nBut I will use the words of others on yahoo answers: this is war and it is expected. \n\nWhat about the "Haditha" incident and other similar ones where the soldiers broke into civilian homes and shot them in the head, chest including women and children isn't this a crime? Isn't the girl / child alive going to be living in torture for the rest of her life reliving the incident every day of her life?\n\nWhat about prisoners who are tortured and sent to secret rendition centers without being charged to be tortured? Isn't this a crime? If they are really terrorists, convict them openly and give them a fair trail in international courts so that may be an example to others.\n\nI do repeat what I said at the very beginning that torture is not acceptable, but this whole war was based on lies and accordingly innocent victims from both sides are the ones who are paying.\n\nWhat about the effects of depleted uranium used in Iraq and Afghanistan on the American and coalition soldiers? Is this a crime or justice? It is definitely a crime.\n\nWhat about the psychological effects on these soldiers after they return home and end up committing suicide or becoming psychopaths killing innocent people at home; is this a crime or justice. Once again, it is definitely a crime.\n\nTorture and killings only lead to more killings. It's a vicious circle with no end.
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NOTHING is absolutely painless.  Not even sex.  The Constitution speaks out against "Cruel and unusual punishment."  In France, they still use the guillotine.  Since it is used as a standard, it is not crueler to one than to another and not unusual.  The bleeding hearts feel that WE have to be kinder and gentler, but not the killers.  The problem IS, there are still TOO MANY Innocent individuals being railroaded into a conviction.  If we could get the cops to do an honest job, then I would be in favor of turning a convicted killer over to the surviving family to deal with as they feel fit.
697011
How about we just execute the drug dealers!
220641
no i don't think executing anyone is a good way to go about it.  we are supposed to be a more open and tolerant society and it makes no sense to proport such violence among people who are serving their country, even if they do it less than perfect.
621273
hmm.. so its ok to kill there leaders and torture there men if dont rape there girls?
702591
They shouldn't.\n\nIt allows them too much freedom to commit new crimes and to follow their victims.\n\nThey're suppossed to be being punished, right?
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.
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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!
1075372
yeah we should hire some body and kill him.... give me ur phone number i will contact you when i will hire somebody .!!!!! \ni am serious i will do tht soon ..
1063884
If we violate the Geneva Convention....then we get in a long line.  The Geneva Convention will only work if everyone follows it..and the US seems to be the only one who attempts this...and our allies (GB, Australia, etc...)  \nOur POW's get trials and US citizen rights...while an American soldier or layperson gets beheaded....\nNot that I think we should start beheading people, but the people in Guantanamo Bay were not being abused...
978762
Right after it becomes punishable by death to ask stupid questions.\n\nYou are crediting us with more intelligence than we deserve, you know.\n\nOnly Radislamofascists kill people for this.
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You're absolutely right. Send all of them to the United States of America, which prescribes electrocution, gassing, hanging, injection with lethal drugs and execution by firing squad. The USA also permits the public (through the camera lens of the media) to witness these events.\n\nWhat do I feel? You've really got to ask?