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#63217
Matilde
Well, and the right to be treated as humans they are?
8/14/2006 10:55:48 AM
#548240
Adamant Cane
They had a very basic, fundamental human right to withhold it.
That's what you meant, or I'm clubbing your face in.
6/19/2008 7:46:16 AM
#548248
apYrs
so you have no problem if American soldiers are tortured for information by the Taliban fighteres or Iraqi insurgents?
6/19/2008 7:57:13 AM
#548285
Amos
Someone called slave thinks torture is ok? That's strangely fitting...
6/19/2008 9:36:37 AM
#548393
Me
Who Would Jesus Torture?
6/19/2008 11:22:07 AM
#548917
KTM
ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!
6/19/2008 4:04:52 PM
#1005052
aaa
I don't think you get reliable or up-to-date intel by locking people to secret prisons and waterboarding them.
8/12/2009 10:43:52 AM
#1005057
Swedish Pagan
Torture does not bring forth information. It breaks down an individual so that you can do whatever you want with "it". The information you get is seldom reliable, as the person will say whatever you want him or her to say. Torture is a way to remove the humanity from a human being.
The third Geneva convention says it's illegal to torture a prisoner of war, the prisoners are only required to give their name, date of birth, rank and service number (if applicable).
8/12/2009 10:50:57 AM
#1007682
Mog
We broke the Geneva Convention.
HOW DOES THAT MAKE US THE GOOD GUYS?
And yes, people *do* have the right to keep their own thoughts, memories, and knowledge private. That's honestly the most fundamental of human rights, really.
8/17/2009 3:17:00 AM
#1011263
However, if they withhold it in front of the Iraquis is a different matter altogether..............please, it´s a war man, and the moral differences should be clear.
8/24/2009 8:05:31 AM
#1012833
wintermute
I think the real problem is that the soldiers wanted information, and the prisoners had no right not to know that information, so they had to be tortured until they knew what the Americans wanted to know.
Simple, really.
8/27/2009 9:06:52 AM
#1053464
frmrcdt
Why should we be fighting them if we're willing to torture for information that they likely don't have. If we sink to that level, then we're no different, and people with no differences don't fight.
11/9/2009 10:45:40 AM
#1053608
/[On the Iraq prison torture scandal]I honestly do not see what is wrong with it./
And my faith in humanity continues to shrink...
11/9/2009 6:00:33 PM
#1053615
Caustic Gnostic
Hey, let's torture slave here until he tells us who it was that filled his head with shit.
11/9/2009 6:52:36 PM
#1053616
Nowonmai
And I bet you would whine if Iraqis did the same thing to US prisoners.
11/9/2009 7:03:45 PM
#1053624
JDC1
This 'slave' person is just an
"Armchair soldier"
Sure, he can just sit back in
the comfort of home and dictate
without any experience.
No concept of reality.
11/9/2009 7:34:47 PM
#1131700
J.T.
@Mog
We broke the Geneva Convention.
HOW DOES THAT MAKE US THE GOOD GUYS?
Easy. Since no official governing body can punish America for it, it's not a big deal.
People have told me this with a straight face.
3/12/2010 9:04:58 PM
#1132132
Canadiest
And by all actual CIA and Military reports it wasn't useful to torture and seldom is. This has been known for years and cements the concept that torture is done for cruelties sake only.
3/14/2010 11:43:26 AM
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