Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Alternatives to Torture, 1


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We live in a harsh world old. The last film that tries to tell you, you tore the way of the future, by people who do not know, bound and gagged, flown, a distant part of the world where you can be questioned. Oh, well, then we tell the truth. They will be tortured. The pain is for you as an instrument for the promotion, were added to the crimes that you intend to commit terrorist attacks in the western world. This is all in the name"security", patriotism and the fight against terrorism - all good stuff. If all goes well, you tell them what they need to know and to save lives. That is, if you are a terrorist. Things start to go wrong when they are not.

Imagine, not only for the sake of argument that you were not a terrorist, and is not expected. You are in my head and people who do not know you and are not appropriate to introduce the soles of the feet with iron bars strung. AskQuestions, and you hesitate, because you know that do not yet have answers. In fact, as soon becomes clear these people are pretty sure they already know the answers to the questions they set one for you - just want to confirm their suspicions. What are you doing? At first you might figure they will come to their senses detect that you have not a threat, and go. If they are clearly willing to do that, you come up with another plan: they allow everything to you. ThatSo, at least it will stop the pain. Of course, it does not go out, but at least you also get a day in court and then you can plead your innocence. The problem is that you just admitted your guilt. Do not worry, he will tell the judge your story, tell them that only one input, so that stopped, while the bad things they did. So you might think. But they will not. History shows that people who admit their guilt - as six of Birmingham in Britain in 1970 - andthen their forced confessions on grounds revoked, was defeated by them - could not believe the latest.

So does torture. At least if the person intended to find someone to admit guilt. As six of Birmingham, then people have to bomb civilians and the state's debt, they can send to prison and to proclaim justice is done. In this case, unfortunately, as he has the wrong boys. It took many years but was laterthat are not nothing to do with the crime. The judges had left to go. But why? Why were they in prison? Why did he gave was. Why? Why would someone admit they were guilty unless they were? Why beat a few days, deprived of sleep and threatened. This, in a civilized country like England. Anywhere else in the world would be called "inhuman and degrading treatment", in other words, torture. Not here. We do not torture in the United Kingdom, (wesay.)

But we have time. E 'was the latest at the time of Shakespeare and a short period of time. Then we witches tortured regularly. We know they were witches, because they admitted they were witches. This is why they were killed because of all the damage he had done, as the devil and flying broomsticks. Now here is the problem. No one has so little more, (at least as far as I know). But surely there are some people who call themselves WhiteWitches and the right mix of potions and spells - but only to do good. So here's the problem: We live in an age of science and think that not talking about nonsense witchcraft. No one can really fly around on a broom, (), except for movies. But they have anyway? If so, then why can not we do it now? If not - because it is impossible, we know - because they have always said that he did? We know who said that he did, because we have the recordings. Why do people say, say something like that? Well, it could be a reason, becausewere systematically tortured. Is how our ancestors extracted confessions. Maybe, just maybe, there have never been the people who can fly or an evil spell. But that means - well, that was the people who say so are, in fact, for some reason. To stop the torture, maybe.

In the modern world is different. We know there is terrorism, because we have seen happen, and we know that terrorists are out there somewhere, with planning. The problem is that under torture, that weThere is no way of knowing - that - that if people admit that they are real, or lie to save himself pain. Ah, you say, but if one life saved - Yes, well, much could be justified for the pain caused. The problem is that we are not told if it is currently effective in the interest of safety. So, I'm sorry, but this does not add up. If our site has uncovered a terrorist cell, because we have a spy in their camp, so it was not, we do not want to betray thatSource and thus ruin their location. But when we torture the information from a person? Well, they already like a prisoner. There is nothing wrong to reveal who they are and what they said, is not it? So we should see a spy and arrested terrorist cell broken. Regularly. Why not us?

It could be for one simple reason. Perhaps the sad fact is that it is a bit 'of information comes from the torture of prisoners at the moment. The truth may be possible that thisTorture in the modern world is just 'work to do "so that it looks as if we, the threat of terrorism without actually doing something useful - like the really bad guys start to fight, perhaps by intelligent agents. After all, if we do that, we would not torture. This is an alternative?

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