Is torture ever acceptable? [ENDS 27/02/2011]

[Conservative,]

Prison isn't painful. It's just boring, and most "life" sentences are not life. It's more like 20 years, or 10 if you're "good".

Torture is useful and I think it should stand, but as I said, they need to be trialled for whatever they did, and found guilty, first.

[Zuth]

Prison isn't painful. It's just boring, and most "life" sentences are not life. It's more like 20 years, or 10 if you're "good".

Torture is useful and I think it should stand, but as I said, they need to be trialled for whatever they did, and found guilty, first.

I put, tortured then live in prison, and yes you must of been proven guilty to stand for torture.

[Andy-]

I believe torture is acceptable in certain situations for example, if it was a terrorist situation and the goverment needed information to benefit the rest of the country and to save civillians then yes torutre should be used to benefit others. But in any other case I belive no. Even if someone killed someone you do not need to be as bad as the person by torturing them.

[Banana Pancakes]

If they have killed someone they don't need to lose limbs, they need to be tortured into telling us how & why they did it, then executed.

they don't need to be tortured to find out how and why they did it, torture is only necessary in order to prevent an action being carried out. If the crime has taken place what is there to gain from torture?

[Zuth]

I believe torture is acceptable in certain situations for example, if it was a terrorist situation and the goverment needed information to benefit the rest of the country and to save civillians then yes torutre should be used to benefit others. But in any other case I belive no. Even if someone killed someone you do not need to be as bad as the person by torturing them.

I agree, however if someones killed someone you've got to think about there family, there never going to see there son ect ever again! It's the most hoffrific feeling ever, they attaker should suffer the same pain.

they don't need to be tortured to find out how and why they did it, torture is only necessary in order to prevent an action being carried out. If the crime has taken place what is there to gain from torture?

If they've killed someone they should still be tortured to feel the pain of there victim.

[Banana Pancakes]

I agree, however if someones killed someone you've got to think about there family, there never going to see there son ect ever again! It's the most hoffrific feeling ever, they attaker should suffer the same pain.



If they've killed someone they should still be tortured to feel the pain of there victim.

And what do you gain from that? Satisfaction? The persons done a horrible thing but by using torture, with no gain, you're just as bad as them.
And you say they should be tortured? Would you as a person be able to do that?

[Andy-]

I agree, however if someones killed someone you've got to think about there family, there never going to see there son ect ever again! It's the most hoffrific feeling ever, they attaker should suffer the same pain.



If they've killed someone they should still be tortured to feel the pain of there victim.

But does that mean you should be tortured. As you are not doing any better as your in fact hurting someone. Though they did wrong does not mean you should be as bad the person "An eye for an eye makes the world go blind"

[Zuth]

And what do you gain from that? Satisfaction? The persons done a horrible thing but by using torture, with no gain, you're just as bad as them.
And you say they should be tortured? Would you as a person be able to do that?

Not really, il just showing them the pain they gave someone else, they carnt just kill someone and expect eveythings going to be fine, the worst they expect is life in prison. IMO that isn't enough, they need to realise what they did to someone and turture will make them think again about killing someone.

But does that mean you should be tortured. As you are not doing any better as your in fact hurting someone. Though they did wrong does not mean you should be as bad the person "An eye for an eye makes the world go blind"

They have hurt many people whilst killing 1 person, as I've stated above "the worst they expect is prison" they need to realise exactly what they've done, and torture is perfect for this.

[Banana Pancakes]

Not really, il just showing them the pain they gave someone else, they carnt just kill someone and expect eveythings going to be fine, the worst they expect is life in prison. IMO that isn't enough, they need to realise what they did to someone and turture will make them think again about killing someone.

Yes really and you've just contradicted yourself. If you 'show the pain they gave someone else' then you're just doing what they've done. As their actions are undoubtedly wrong then you're actions are equally just as wrong and thus you're just being as bad as them.
'Turture' isn't the right answer. If they've done crime that's really wrong then they should be put to death but there's no reason to cause unnecessary pain, that's just callous.

[Josh]

If the person is still alive and has lost limbs, the attaker should also lose there limbs to feel how there victim will live for the rest of there life. They should not be executed because they will not feel the pain of there victims. If there killed they won't feel no pain. Same with being tortured then killed, they should be tortured then made to live the rest of life in pain - in prison.

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. - Gandhi

I only believe it should be done (whether or not it's accepted by society, that's a whole other story) if that person has been convicted of a serious crime and has information that could lead to saving someone's life. If it's just to get back at them, no way whatsoever.