I asked before if the Geneva Conventions should apply to terrorists and this touches on the topic thats being debated which is torture.
2007-11-28 00:03:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Personally i think the Geneva Conventions are ridiculous. Rules for war? Whatever. And why do we play by the rules even against a team that ignores them?
Another note about torture. Think of it like you would wikipedia; although you might get some good information that happens to be accurate, all you can trust it for is a starting point. Anything you learn will have to be verified from other sources.
For the reason that everyone breaks and people will say anything to get a bad situation to stop, torture should be used very sparingly.
2007-11-28 00:14:30 · answer #1 · answered by Boom Blatz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me it is not the intended subject that makes torture inappropriate, but the ethical code of a government that engages in torture. How could we ever trust a what government says is true, if we know they will use means to obtain information that will produce whatever "truth" interrogators want to hear.
2007-11-28 08:19:32 · answer #2 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe the Geneva conventions only covers wars and combatants POW etc but the United Nations Convention Against Torture covers everyone no matter what they have done, the US is a signatory so it is illegal period.
2007-11-28 08:07:39 · answer #3 · answered by Gengi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Torture has shown to provide NO useful info whatsoever.
It ultimately corrupts the individual torturer and their society.
2007-11-28 08:08:34 · answer #4 · answered by david d 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it is
2007-11-28 08:10:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋