Really, how can anyone say what constitutes "outrages upon personal dignity"? It's such a grey area. Right?

Question

I mean, the Geneva Conentions say "outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment", but what does that really mean?

If I wanted to dress a prisoner in a clown suit, so what, right? Or dress a Jew in a pig suit, that's fine, right? Or have a Muslim stand on a box with wires touching his genitals and tell him if he steps off he will be electrocuted to death? Big deal.

I mean, what is "peronal dignity" anyway? What is "“cruel, inhumane and degrading"? Surely we have to have all of this clearly defined so we know when we are torturing someone, we are doing it correctly.

And really, "waterboarding"? It sounds like something you would do on a Carnival Fun Ship. It can't be that bad.

Answer 1

Amazing that Libs are so worried about how we treat terrorists but they allow and even promote prison rapes for our Americans in our own prisons.

Answer 2

Actually we water-board our own special ops troops to condition them to torture.Why would we do such a thing?Our enemies do not follow the Geneva Convention.They never have.Who we are fighting now were not even under the Geneva convention until the Supreme Court said they were.

Answer 3

I'm sorry I can't really help you. I haven't spent enough time sitting around thinking about what I could do to constiture a crime against "personal dignity".

Answer 4

I agree with you. The guys who committed suicide in Guantanamo, what's up with them?

Answer 5

This question should be in the politics section.

Answer 6

yep, what insults you may not insult me!

Answer 7

FREAK

Answer 8

Hmmm thanks for 2 points