Why or why not?
2006-09-30 04:55:10 · 18 answers · asked by theblackenedphoenix 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
No I don't. Our Government sat down after WWII was over, and investigated the abuse and torture of American POW's from the Japanese and Germans. The issue of the Holocaust should come into play over humane conditions, which brings our Nation and others that signed the Geneva Convention rules of engagement as the law.
2006-09-30 05:21:48 · answer #1 · answered by Kemo Sahbe 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Your question is misdirecting. The bill does not "legalize torture". That's a lie being told to you by the media and the American people are falling for it in droves. The law applies only to foreign fighters of the War on Terror, not at all to American Citizens. It defines what can and cannot be done to obtain information from them. The bill bans torture, rape, murder and any serious physical or mental pain. It doesn't even allow water boarding.
2006-09-30 05:24:16 · answer #2 · answered by MEL T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, there is never an excuse to torture another human being. if we are to criticize terrorist groups for torturing citizens then we must hold ourselves above their behaviour. torturing people doesn't even necessarily give us the information that we need, a detainee that is being tortured will give the information that is wanted not needed. Also their was a little group called the geneva convention that we seem to forget about or at least brush aside whenever it gets brought up, that has guidelines for the treatment of war criminals. i say that anyone that supports the bill to legalize torture is inhumane and an overall horrible person.
2006-09-30 05:07:03 · answer #3 · answered by Chuck- Family Patriarch 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The definition of torture varies, depending on who you ask. What is torture to one, may not be torture to another. Waterboarding, extreme hot or cold environments, sleep deprivation, poor quality food, underwear on head, etc. are more like glorified hazing than torture. Making prisoners lick dirty toilets clean (As Saddam's regime did in the first Gulf War) would be classified as torture. Basically, I'm for intense interrogations but nothing the US did to detainees was torture. Those that believe so are probably the ones who ran to the teacher when someone picked on them in grammar school or whine to HR when someone tells an off-color joke. Wusses is a good term for them.
2006-09-30 05:17:12 · answer #4 · answered by TexMan98 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, i do not help needed sterilisation. i understand it really is an fairly complicated undertaking, and there are various clarification why it would nicely be a sturdy theory. If it were conceivable to take this variety of element on a case through case foundation and look on the sturdy of anybody in touch, perchance there would nicely be some circumstances the position it changed into functional. yet as a blanket regulation giving human beings no selection about a everlasting element affecting their own bodies, no, i could not help that. i'd help giving human beings get entry to to parental help and coaching at any age or degree of existence or parenthood. i'd also be more beneficial than satisfied to work out make sure practise instructions made needed if you needed them (consisting of repeat offenders). suitable needs :-)
2016-11-25 04:00:26 · answer #5 · answered by dungey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on what you consider torture.i believe this is what President Bush was attempting to clarify.i don't know what the average person considers to be torture.i go to work every day doing a job i hate.i consider that torture but that is an answer for another area.i think we need to get intelligence on coming attacks to save lives and we should be able to obtain that information in any way possible without inflicting sever pain or injury.war is hell as it should be.it should not be something people want to do.
2006-09-30 06:12:01 · answer #6 · answered by ben 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have been doing it before they passed it but yea lets line up all our gov. leaders and see if they know how to torture. Let them all be the test dummies we could make a good reality show out of it !!!!I'd watch it. Let 9/11 families and Soldiers families who have lost loved ones be the tortures to this whole Admin.
2006-09-30 05:38:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. For a few reasons. One we are trying to get our enemies to stop it. so we do it? I don't want to go to there level. We are supposed to be above such inhumane treatment. And Its well documented and proven that answers given under torture are not reliable. because people will say anything to gt the torture to stop. So what value does it really have?
2006-09-30 05:05:40 · answer #8 · answered by Belladonna 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only in the case of terrorism. If they can get the information they need to save even one life, I back it all the way. But not for general crime. This new terrorist is only out to kill innocents. They are cowards and the more innocents they murder the happier they are. So I am not one bit sympathetic to their feelings.
2006-09-30 05:00:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! THIS IS EFFECTIVELY PUTTING A HIT OUT ON OUR AMERICAN SERVICE PEOPLE!!!
What kind of message are we sending out to the world "Hey world, we can torture your soldiers, but you better not mess with ours"
I am appauled that so many people Reps & Dems that voted to support that crap. I pray for our service people and people that live in highrises.
2006-09-30 05:32:44 · answer #10 · answered by ragajungle 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋