Some of the smartest individuals and the leaders of most countries decided torture was inhumane and should be outlawed. Thus torture was one of the first issues that the United Nations dealt with (Dieringer). The act of torture is so inhumane and such a pressing issue that the leaders of the world outlawed it as quickly as possible to save lives. Torture is so powerful and so evil that it may deprive someone of his will to exist. Depriving a person of his will to live is the same, if not worse than killing that person.
“Overzealous officials” grill suspicious foreigners “to the point of near panic” (Khan 559). In worst cases, death has occurred Haitians seeking refuge, a man was not allowed to keep his medication while he was put in Krome (Danticant 569). The profiling does not only happen with officials, but many Americans often profile foreigners. Americans heightened suspicion on not only non-Americans, but on Americans with Middle Eastern traits. Americans know “racial profiling is both morally wrong and ineffective”, but they rather be safe than sorry (Chavez 563).
A reader with even slight knowledge of the Holocaust or of Nazi Germany, would understand that sciences practiced during the Holocaust on prisoners was inhumane and as a whole un-scientific. The fact that some of the same procedures used in a time of moral darkness, were being used in America, is unnerving. The idea that Nazis were eugenically sterilizing thousands of people for the same reasons as Americans should unsettle the reader, making them uncomfortable to condone this behavior. The text “Carrie Buck’s Daughter” by Stephen Jay Gould is a successful persuasive text because Gould uses allusions, intellectual language, comparisons, sarcasm and statistics to provoke the reader’s thoughts and make them want to agree with
In the Abu Ghraib prison scandal of 2004, Iraqi prisoners were interrogated where accounts of psychololgical, physical and sexual abuse, including torture, rape and homicide. This “form” of interrogation was practiced my U.S. military police at the prison. Although the solders are responsible for there actions they where under strict orders that went against the Geneva convention conduct of war. When the scandal surfaced the U.S. government denied all knowledge and participation and blamed the solders. After comparing the Abu Ghraib schandle and the Milgram experiment its easy to see that the government had a big roll in influencing soilders.
Fredi Friedbrain demonstrates that he is a very unreliable witness in this case. Mr. Friedbrain is a federal prison inmate on parole who has done about 7 crimes. His statement shows that he personally hates Mr. Toby Fantasia because Mr. Fantasia was the one who arrested him and proved him guilty in his last early 2006, drug case. Mr. Friedbrain has a long criminal record and he is known as a very uncooperative person by many police officers. This again confirms that he is a very untrustworthy witness, particularly in this case.
In this instance it is clear SGT Cummings is being sexually harassed and SFC Brandt has created not only a hostile work environment, but has let it bleed over into public settings as well. SGT Cummings has already let her know person to person that he is not interested and yet she persists. Her degrading use of suggestive language coupled with unwanted sexual contact has crossed the line of harassment and is pushing the abuse into the category of sexual assault. I would explain to him that the average percentage of male enlisted soldiers that report sexual harassment and/or assault is higher than he thinks. The perceived stigma that males do not get harassed and no one would believe him should not deter him from the right to enjoy a positive
Little Boys of Afghanistan Sharon J. Coburn Professor Batzka SO1200: Principles of Sociology October 16, 2010 Frontline: Dancing Boys of Afghanistan To say the least, it was almost unbearable to watch these demonic and destructive sexual acts on anyone, but especially young boys. How could the parents allow this to happen to their offspring(s)? Tears began flowing from my eyes when I saw the innocent newcomers being introduced to this horrific life. I was extremely appalled and horrified at the treatment of these innocent young boys. Who gives anyone the right to exploit such young children as sex slaves!
Journal #1 Why Blacks Get Mad- Cecil Foster 1.What exactly is Celcil Foster's thesis? Cecil Foster's thesis was to get the point that racism was still a huge problem and people weren't noticing how bad it was actually getting. He mentioned that the Rodney King verdict triggered the worst outbreak of violence since the Watts riots. The Rodney King riot began because an African-American known as Rodney King was badly beaten by the Los Angeles police officers. After this problem had occurred, Rodney became the main focus for how bad race issues were.
The original issue was the protection of national security, which was compromised during the 9-11 attacks. To counteract those attacks, the Bush administration declared war on terrorism and built Guantanamo Bay Prison in Cuba. This prison was designed to hold the worst of the worst. Along with AUMF, Congress passed another act called the Military Commissions Act, in 2006, stripping all military courts of the right to hear Habeas Corpus, which was later repealed under the Obama administration in
The influx of prisoners poses issues such as gang rivalries, and violent confrontations, not only among the prisoners themselves but also between them and the prison guards. At Corcoran State Prison, on “gladiator days” officers forced rival gang members to fight, and shot them both for entertainment(Schlosser). In private Juvenile detention centers such as YSI facilities, staff often choose to not report most assaults and major fights to avoid scrutiny for violating their contracts and the rules of the Department of Juvenile Justice. Overcrowding also leads to inconveniences such as double-bunking, which urges aggression, violence, and stress-induced mental disorders. The incarceration system in the United States has inflicted much damage on societal well-being, caused by privatization of prisons, war on drugs, and overcrowding of prison cells.