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circlethesquare

(806 posts) Thu Dec 18, 2014, 05:24 PM Dec 2014

Almost Every Group Believes Torture Can Be Justified

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Almost Every Group Believes Torture Can Be Justified (Original Post) circlethesquare Dec 2014 OP

I am furious that over half of this stupid country thinks torture worked and was OK to do... NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #1

They always ask if it was possible to stop a doc03 Dec 2014 #2

I believe torture is justified tclambert Dec 2014 #3

Those moronic sadists make me ill. Add views on torture to the list of things that would 20score Dec 2014 #4

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)

1. I am furious that over half of this stupid country thinks torture worked and was OK to do...

Reply to circlethesquare (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 05:47 PM

Dec 2014

doc03

(35,344 posts)

2. They always ask if it was possible to stop a

Reply to circlethesquare (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 06:58 PM

Dec 2014

known terrorist attack would torture be ok. Not is it ok to torture someone you suspect may be a terrorist.

tclambert

(11,087 posts)

3. I believe torture is justified

Reply to circlethesquare (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 09:50 PM

Dec 2014

whenever you want to force false confessions to bolster your propaganda machine. Hitler, Stalin, North Korea, North Vietnam, and the Bush administration all used it for this purpose.

20score

(4,769 posts)

4. Those moronic sadists make me ill. Add views on torture to the list of things that would