2006-11-11 02:32:51 · 13 answers · asked by Mary W 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
That is an excellent question. Of course, we don't to the torture ourselves, we outsource it to places like Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It is appalling that a country that prides itself on human rights now conpsires to violate the Geneva convention while attacking other sovereign nations for the very same crime. I, for one, and deeply ashamed.
2006-11-11 02:54:39 · answer #1 · answered by Linda R 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We don't.
Then we say: "Define torture."
What is allowed under the bill that passed, as I understand it, are tactics the Brits and French have used as well. Not effectively, so they dropped it, but still, they used them.
I'm not that keen on it.
Then I say, what if I really truley KNEW someone had knowledge to save hundreds in a jetliner from dying and wasn't telling. What would I think was ok to get that information?
I mean, it isn't as if they draw the line at what they do to US.
I'm not comfortable with it, though. Maybe some kind of prior oversight of those tactics to make sure it actually is in the type of situation I describe above, like they go to a judge for a search warrant?
I honestly don't know. I certainly never thought it was an issue until suddenly there was a debate a couple months back about 'what is torture'.
2006-11-11 02:53:33 · answer #2 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Torture is jumping from 60 stories up out of a building that was turned into an incinerator, Torture is talking to your love ones while the office that your in is surrounded by burning flames that aren't gonna go away! Torture is being in an airplane talking with your love one on the cell phone knowing that the plane is gonna crash because some 3rd world inhuman beings don't like the way you live! So you tell me who condones torture, you tell the families of the 20 people that got murdered from my home town on 911!!! Yea! You tell me!
2006-11-11 05:05:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
American citizens don't condone torture. This is one of the reasons the election results were what they were. Americans have pride. No matter what your background is, we have been brought up on American traditions of pride, patrioism, human rights ect... ect.....We were taught to believe in the many traditions, morals, values that make us American. When anyone tramples on this, Americans are disheartened and respond in kind to the culprits!
2006-11-11 06:59:16 · answer #4 · answered by JC J 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yhanx to mr...
america now is a country in the third world the strongest may be
but third world
2006-11-11 03:04:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this country is so scared to to wtf's gotta be done
the terrorists to acts i cannot even describe to our troops and their enemies
we just want to do sleep deprivation, stress positions, and waterboarding. that isn't torture
iraqi and taliban fighter behead, put people in meat grinders, and beat them to death
and we cannot repeal what we do now, if we want to protect our country.
2006-11-11 04:59:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
we dont condone torture
2006-11-11 02:48:46 · answer #7 · answered by woody 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It just means that our military is unjust at some points and we really aren't that great.
I personally think that torturing is sick and demented.
2006-11-11 02:38:30 · answer #8 · answered by Sarah* 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
To protect our citizens.
2006-11-11 02:37:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
becuz the people in charge dont give a ****
2006-11-11 02:40:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋