Does the US Allow Torture?
Browsing BBC.com for the first time in a couple of weeks showed me many new and interesting articles, and an article that I found very alluring told about how Dick Cheney seemed to condone the use of torture on suspected terrorists. In an interview, Cheney was quoted saying “a dunk in the water" for terrorism suspects during questioning in order to save American lives was a "no-brainer". Several groups against torture were outraged that someone as high up as the vice president would say such a thing, and President Bush was reported to say that the United States government does not torture, and will not. After facing ridicule about the statement he made, Cheney claimed that what he meant was that it was a no-brainer for him and that he was not in favor of torture after all.
Now, the United States government may or may not approve of the torture of suspected terrorists. Regular citizens don’t really have a way of knowing whether or not torture is used during questioning, because of course the government will deny it if asked. What I think is that during extreme forms of interrogation, torture probably is a common practice. I also think that the methods used aren’t as severe as the ones depicted in movies and the likes, but still most likely effective.
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posted by Anonymous @ 11/16/2006 05:40:00 PM
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I agree with Tualiton. Every life is valuable. If some "random guys is tortured half way across the earth" it will matter. We probably won't know about it, and it might not affect us, but that person may be someones father, mother, brother, daughter, husband, wife, etc. It would affect them, and maybe indirectly affect us as well. And who knows what that person is being tortured for, maybe they are completely innocent.
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