fora.tv— Rejali makes interesting points about the humiliation factor in torture and how it is culturally wrong as a tactic.
Jun 28, 2009View in Crawl 4
I don't know why logic fails to show itself more, but I expect that the "two wrongs don't make a right" philosophy will gain momentum. A lone muslim with a bomb is a terrorist. We then "question" (torture?) everyone that person was in connection with. What does this do?? Breeds more terrorists, who just want revenge against the people that were so ignorantly upset at one man they lashed out at an entire religion.It's an easy conclusion to two terrible topics, torture and terrorism. Hypocrisy will never get you where you want to be, I don't care who you work for or why you're doing it.
well it apparently worked for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, I can't even imagine how many lives were saved by Bush's policies. I hope that one day people will get over their sophomoric beliefs and accept the grim reality that the government must use such methods in order to keep us safe. You can't have it both ways.
punguJun 29, 2009
He's absolutely right.
willthewayJun 29, 2009
isn't the point of torture (at least in the modern sense) to obtain information from captured terrorists?
wertyui2169Jun 29, 2009
I don't know why logic fails to show itself more, but I expect that the "two wrongs don't make a right" philosophy will gain momentum. A lone muslim with a bomb is a terrorist. We then "question" (torture?) everyone that person was in connection with. What does this do?? Breeds more terrorists, who just want revenge against the people that were so ignorantly upset at one man they lashed out at an entire religion.It's an easy conclusion to two terrible topics, torture and terrorism. Hypocrisy will never get you where you want to be, I don't care who you work for or why you're doing it.
grandpohbahJun 29, 2009
Nope... torture is a lousy information gathering tool. People will admit to anything under torture whether it's true or not. Torture is punishment.
willthewayJun 30, 2009
well it apparently worked for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, I can't even imagine how many lives were saved by Bush's policies. I hope that one day people will get over their sophomoric beliefs and accept the grim reality that the government must use such methods in order to keep us safe. You can't have it both ways.