Examples Of Torture Is Insane

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Torture is Insane Torture is the purposeful infliction of pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, upon someone under custody of the law. Within the boundaries of the United States, torture is illegal and punishable by law. However, cases outside of the U.S. boundaries make matters more complicated. Torturing terrorists is a serious problem in this country and is simply wrong. Nothing good can come out of torture. For example, torturing terrorist suspects is a cruel thing to do. The torture is ineffective because the information obtained is unreliable. “Subjecting prisoners to abuse leads to bad intelligence, because under torture a detainee will tell his interrogator anything to make the pain stop.” Said senator John McCain, survivor detainee from World War two. Torturing instigates hate, and a revenge cycle is born. Map of the world (as of May 2013) shown in green, states that have signed but not ratified the treaty in orange, and non-parties in gray Also, our values as a country are lowered when we bring ourselves to the low level of the of the terrorists…we become them. We need to put emotions aside and think about how this will effect our future society. “ Torture is how you create enemies, not defeat them…” Barack Obama says in a press conference. “It’s about who we…show more content…
However they are wrong because, psychological torture is likely to leave permanent brain damage. Torturers may also think that valuable information could be collected using waterboarding, which some believe to not be harmful. Yet tortures such as waterboarding, which are painful to the point of death are not ‘safe’. Bloodlust, or the need for revenge may also be a reason for torturing, but by doing so we are stooping to their low level and crushing our values as a country. “An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind” Said Mahatma Gandhi. Revenge leads to more destruction, war and loss around the

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