Justifiable Torture
When is torture justified if ever? Is there a need or reason or even a right for one human to torture another human for any purpose what so ever?
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No
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I don't yet have a side, but what you described I don't think counts completely as a reason it's unjustifiable, more of a reason that it's not guaranteed to work. And on that, I Do agree. During the McCarthy era, families were tortured with the idea of their families or themselves being incarcerated for being Communists, and to avoid that torture they did just as you said, and folded. They told on other people, they didn't care as much about claiming they were Communists. Side: Yes
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A decent creepy stare should do the job ;) http://lordofthememes.tumblr.com/post/ Side: No
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So lets say a terrorist planted a bomb in an unknown location and it is likely that the explosion of such bomb will involve thousands of deaths. You as a police officer is interrogating the suspect who refuses to give you information and he is your only source of information. Would you resort to torture to save the lives of thousands and possibly millions? Side: Yes
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