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Originally posted by h2o:
i thought this was about what WE should or shouldn't be doing.


they do it so we should too? eye for an eye right? people forget that's a quote from the koran...

perhaps we should videotape ourselves beheading terrorist prisoners?

sounds great right? we'd really be giving them the finger then, wouldn't we?

from what i've been able to read the information gained via these means is not worth the price paid...that price being having to step down as the world's greatest champion for human rights and democracy.
Good point on the ethics issue, this cuts right to the heart of Kantian vs. Utilitarian ethics; viable arguments can be made for both sides effectively… enter political rhetoric.

Actually, the ones who proclaim the information is no good are those who deride the tactics. There is also some room for debate as to what constitutes torture; in reality information gathered under Sodium Pentothal is often quite good depending on the administrators/interrogators; information gathered under abuse is often questionable as prisoners are often pre-programmed for responses, this is what we teach our military personnel also.