After the September 11, 2001 terror attacks the George W. Bush administration authorized the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” at secret detention facilities around the world run by the defense department and CIA. The authorization approved the use of many techniques including beatings, binding in stress positions, hooding, sleep deprivation and waterboarding. In 2008 President Obama signed an executive order banning the use torture by the U.S. military and CIA. In 2016 the use of torture became a topic during the Presidential race when candidate Donald Trump suggested…
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No
@9F8D65G 8mos8MO
I'm not going to waste our time finding data and statistics. Torture is wrong. That's all the context needed.
@9F99VD68mos8MO
I'm not going to waste our time finding data and statistics. Torture is right. That's all the context needed
@9F9TCS28mos8MO
torture is a valid and use abele method for gathering intel especially if that person is the only score they are going to do it anyway and so will are enemies
@9F9KGZW8mos8MO
Would torture be wrong if it was towards the man who murdered your wife? If you say yes, then you have morals. However, if you say no, then you must retract your previous statement.
@9F9R8Q68mos8MO
Sometimes the amount of time you have isn't enough to work around the gruesome and cruel options. Only war can provide peace.
@9FPWM4N8mos8MO
The military is a scary place for people. Not everyone is fit for the military but for the people in it then props to them, just because you suspect an awkwardness from them doesn't mean they're a terrorist and deserve to be tortured for information. What happens if they don't answer at all, are you just gonna take an innocent life because you feel like they're a terrorist? You'd have to live with that for the rest of your life. That's all you'll hear when you have nightmares, that's all you'll think of when you're sitting in your room alone. You can't just act upon torture just because you suspect someone.
@9FNBX5W8mos8MO
If you made a mistake or did something that you were raised to see as normal and not know any better, would you want to be tortured for that. The terrorism is the only thing these people know.
@9C6QN3Y12mos12MO
"advanced interrogation"NO. It's torture. and torture is bad
@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
Yes
@9FL8XS98mos8MO
Torture is ineffective, as it just incentives the person being tortured to lie. If someone is being put in pain for information, and telling the truth doesn't work, people are going to do anything to make it stop. Also, it is inhumane and how could anyone willing subject someone to pain and damage?
@9FLDDS58mos8MO
Torture is often used as a weapon against people of minority or other racial/ religious backgrounds. such as Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib etc. Leading to lifelong breakdowns of certain groups of people along with mental health issues and broken families and broken communities. No human has the right to hurt another human, unless in defence.
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@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
No, torture is inhumane, unethical, and violates the 8th amendment
@9FLPS7Y 8mos8MO
If a terrorist has information and it is clear that they have commited the act, then they should absolutely be used as a meatbag until they waste away to the useless beings that they are.
@9FP4ZG8 8mos8MO
The 8th Amendment only applies to American citizens, so it can not be used as a defense. It should also only be used as a last resort because it is inhumane and unethical.
@9FNR3PS8mos8MO
The 8th amendment only applies to American citizens, so it can not be used as a defense. It should also only be used as a last resort because of it being inhumane and unethical.
@9FWDWZ9Independent7mos7MO
Depending on the crime and the person, torture may be necessary. International terrorists who refuse to comply should be subjected to torture, depending on what their actions are and how cooperative they are.
@9F7PQ9N8mos8MO
the 8th Amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment, and torture is inhumane and is a cruel and unusual punishment
@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
No, and we should strictly follow the laws of the Geneva Convention
@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
Yes, we must use any means necessary to prevent terrorism
@9FNBX5W8mos8MO
No matter what type of terrorism it is they are still a person. They could be a very bad person but nobody deserve read to be tortured on any level. The should pay for their crimes but not in this way.
@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
Yes, but only as a last resort
@9FLPS7Y 8mos8MO
By having it as the last resort, we have already tried them and convicted them of this, so now we should go in and make sure they give us more information so that we can protect our country from future attacks.
@9FQM5MSIndependent8mos8MO
Torture has been proven as ineffective in gaining useful information. It is also a human rights violation
@9FQKG9F8mos8MO
Torture is inherently unethical, since the state should do nothing that is not legal for the average citizen.
@9FTFHHS7mos7MO
Torture is all and all morally and constitutionally incorrect. It doesn't matter what the crime is, no human being should be subjected to that. It goes against the 8th amendment.
@9FWDWZ9Independent7mos7MO
Individuals such as international terrorists should be subjected to torture in the event that a terrorist attack is going to happen/has happened and they are not willing to comply. Torture has, and always will be an effective way to crack people and gather information.
@9GNG2DW6mos6MO
Torture has been proven ineffective in gaining useful information. It is also a human rights violation
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@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
Yes, but only if they are convicted terrorists
@9FRPRPH7mos7MO
Torture onto anyone is an immoral act that should never be used. If the people voluntarily give the right to torture anyone, it opens a fluid gate for a government to enact other immoral positions.
@9FNR3PS8mos8MO
It can be difficult to get the information you need to stop further attacks from other sources besides from the actual individuals acting out terrorist actions. Which means we have to get the information from them to stop more of them.
@9GNG2DW6mos6MO
The use of torture destroys people, clears the rule of law, undermines the criminal justice system, and erodes public trust in public institutions and the state they represent.
@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
Yes, allow the use of psychological but not physical tactics
@9F84C7Y8mos8MO
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Any person that is put under severe stress, whether it's physical or mental, will undeniably do anything to save themselves. This means that any answer they give is clearly under duress and can't be considered true evidence.
@9F87BJS8mos8MO
Torture is inherently unreliable, as answers under duress are more likely to be made to please the people inflicting torture.
@9F7WKY5Peace and Freedom8mos8MO
Both cause trauma but the impact of psychological trauma is stronger and can stay with the person for way longer than physical trauma.
@9F8D65G 8mos8MO
I don't have statistics handy, but I'm willing to bet psychological torture is oftentimes just as detrimental (if not more so) in the long term than physical torture.
@9FBKFZXRepublican8mos8MO
Physical torture can lead to more negative consequences for the defendant's country or homeland. Psychological appeals will simply cause truth to come about without causing physical harm.
@9FCP6368mos8MO
that may or may not be true but we have to find out information somehow and physical torture is worse than psychological and there would be no evidence of psychological torture.
No, while not only is it ineffective, psychology indicates that a person can and will (falsely) incriminate themselves to stop the torture
@4P82YYH4yrs4Y
Enhanced interrogation should be allowed as well as psychological interrogation. These terrorists perform extreme atrocities on anyone, including innocent civilians. Our enhanced interrogation is child's play compared to what they do. This question should really be answered by someone under the threat of terrorism, or who has family of friends in captivity or otherwise affected by a terrorist act. You can pretty much guess what the answer will be 99.9% of the time.
@4PCJZXR4yrs4Y
We are the only country in the world that worries about being politically correct. If you go to any other country illegally and get caught, you will see horrible conditions, and not get any fair treatment. If you are believed to be a terrorist or spy in another country water boarding would be at the bottom of their lists. Other countries do much more horrible things like electrocution tactics, etc.. Yes torture is cruel, but how cruel is the planning of mass murder in the name of a religion. When you deal with animals that think a man, woman or child don't have the right to live because they don't believe in their ideology, well in my opinion the gloves need to come off.
@4NWJXRY4yrs4Y
Yes, IF combatants of the USA use these techniques. NO, IF combatants of USA do not use these techniques.
@4NS8KYH4yrs4Y
No, and prosecute those that authorized the uses of torture (waterboarding is torture according to the Geneva convention) including George W bush and **** Cheney
@4Y6DQ9B4yrs4Y
99% of people tortured will tell you anything you want them to say, even if it's not true.
@4PWMQ5M4yrs4Y
I'm with Sam Harris. Torture should be strictly banned. In world-ending-nuclear-threat situations where torture seems the only path, the ethics of preventing mass death should outweigh the immorality of breaking the law and an individual's human rights. So... it should basically never be allowed.
@4PGH6974yrs4Y
No. There should be a "bright line" between allowed interrogations techniques and anything that amounts to a war crime or crime against humanity. However, there may be discrete circumstances where there is a critical need to obtain life-saving intelligence, in which instance it is the theater commander and his/her staff's call if there is a need for crueler interrogation practices. If such actions are subsequently authorized, then the burden of accountability must fall on those who authorized such "extra-judicial" actions. If the solution saves lives and/or ends a threat, the issue of accountability may be rendered moot; if it fails OR it is learned subsequently that the threat, and thereby the enhanced interrogation measure was overstated, those involved must stand to answer for their crime.
@4PB2KT64yrs4Y
I think we should stop telling the world what we would do. Terrorists need to be afraid.
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