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TORTURE: The Pros and Cons (LIVE CHAT)

By SusanUnPC on May 3, 2009 at 8:25 PM in Current Affairs, NoQuarterUSA Live Chat (blog), Torture

NOTE: You can read the entire chat — including Larry Johnson’s remarks and debates with other guests — and view all of the videos that we displayed during the chat. Just click on the big arrow.

angels-demons-s22-sJoin our great friend and writer, Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy, and me for a wide-open discussion on torture — including different types of torture. We’ll be showing a number of videos during the live chat. We’ll begin at FIVE minutes before 9:00 p.m. ET.

Simply click that large arrow, and join in on our discussion of torture and its ramifications, which starts officially at 9 p.m. (but we’ll open up early!). All opinions are WELCOME, particularly since we’ve been having some heated debates in our comment threads and we all have much more to say and think about.

Your comments below are welcome.

  • jwrjr

    What “PROs”? Are there any?

  • ExcellentOutcome

    It’s revolting that this even exists.

  • mountainaires

    There are no PROs to torture. Period.

    Dan Froomkin dispels the lies of the torture-mongers:

    http://voices.washingtonpost.com/white-house-watch/torture/complicity—-and-accountabili.html

    Jeremy Scahill dispels the lies of the torture-mongers:

    http://original.antiwar.com/scahill/2009/05/04/torture-and-impunity-in-iraqi-prisons/

    Glenn Greenwald dispels the lies of the torture-mongers:

    http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/05/04/harman/index.html

    “I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility toward every tyranny over the mind of men.” ~ Thomas Jefferson

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  • slacker

    hello

  • slacker

    this very inspering

  • jade

    im hella fat and i need more food

  • cody

    im a red neck

  • joejoe

    wasssssup?

  • just me

    ur name here

  • just me

    i want  your babies

  • crying out loud

    torture is bad… period. the end.

  • crying out loud

    and anyone who thinks otherwise is a sick person. no questions asked!

  • seth

    i thinks its neccessary

  • stephanie

    I have to debate pro torture for class. Any ideas, I’m not pro torture myself.

  • oowawa

    Oh stephanie–you’re on a very old thread here.  You’re not going to get many responses.  I’m unglued in time, so I don’t count.  Well, to argue pro-torture, you have to posit a situation in which information is needed to ward off a major catastrophe, and the prospective torturee won’t talk.  Can torture get the needed info?  Many would argue no–that the information learned would be false or misleading.  It’s a tough one!

  • anti torture

    I believe torture is completely unacceptable. Torture is not a way to get even it only causes more pain

  • anti torture

    if u believe torture is acceptable u need help. I would advise you to see a counselor and get some help. Torture is just wrong no exceptions!!!!