There's really no doubt that it's torture. The question is: Can you still do it, if you know the person is harboring information that could save lives?
If you say yes, then you basically endorse torture, and you open up the possibility of torturing someone who is actually innocent. You also risk obtaining false information given under duress. If you say no, you are basically saying that adherence to principles trumps the lives of innocent people. That the ends never justify the means. Tough question. On Dec 28, 2007 9:57 PM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448717 > > :-\ > > nope. > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249341 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
