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 @9F8D65G  from Massachusetts  agreed…2yrs2Y

I'm not going to waste our time finding data and statistics. Torture is wrong. That's all the context needed.

 @9F99VD6from Guam  disagreed…2yrs2Y

I'm not going to waste our time finding data and statistics. Torture is right. That's all the context needed

 @8GSYNK9  from Minnesota  disagreed…2yrs2Y

We should be spending time to find information on terrorist groups from captured terrorists. Torture is right in some context.

 @9TYJFHK from Illinois  disagreed…9mos9MO

Torture doesn't bring you the truth. It brings you what your victim thinks you want to hear, a truthy lie.

 @9F9R8Q6 from Washington  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Sometimes the amount of time you have isn't enough to work around the gruesome and cruel options. Only war can provide peace.

 @9F9KGZW from Alabama  disagreed…2yrs2Y

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.

 @9TYJFHK from Illinois  commented…9mos9MO

I'm not who you replied to, but here's my answer:

I am of the firm belief that interrogative torture can never be acceptable. It violates due process, it violates human rights, and it isn't an effective method to gain anything but unreliable "confessions".

Punitive torture is a different animal. I can see how come crimes could warrant it, or how it could be an alternative to lengthy prison sentences. However, it must in accordance with sentencing by a court or tribunal, not a vigilante's whim.

In any case where the death penalty is to be used (assuming that such could be acceptable), it must be as painless and dignified as we can make it - it must be a firing squad. If either is to be justified, torture and killing must never mix.

 @9FPWM4N from Pennsylvania  disagreed…2yrs2Y

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.

 @9C6QN3Y from Texas  agreed…2yrs2Y

"advanced interrogation"NO. It's torture. and torture is bad

 @9FNBX5W from West Virginia  agreed…2yrs2Y

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.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…8mos8MO

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