Is Torture Ever Acceptable?
Torture is a practice of inflicting pain on a person either to punish or to force him or her to do something. Is any form of torture acceptable? This is one of the questions that have attracted both “yes” and “no” answers as we seek whether torture in any form can be used against an individual. Nowadays, torture is employed in gaining information from suspects but its opponents think that it is unjustifiable to use torture to force suspects to reveal some information. Torture is an inhumane cowardly act that should be condemned by the U.S. and its partners. Instead of the torture as a form of gaining information from terror suspects, the U.S. should enact accepted forms of coercion to extract information from these suspects.
Use of torture became popular after the September 11 attacks in the U.S. The Bush administration employed tortures on the terrorists as means for acquiring crucial data from the suspects. The C.I.A., F.B.I. and military used extreme forms of torture like waterboarding to obtain information from the terror suspects. Many Americans, however, believe that torture is unacceptable and should not be used. It is not the best way to acquire information from terrorists; moreover, torture is a cowardly act meant to stir emotions and make the U.S. act against its own volition.
The United States is a democracy founded and built on principles of liberty and freedom. The nation holds these two principles as its cardinal rules. As such, any argument should not be in contrary to the principles on which the U.S. is founded, and people arguing for the legalization of torture are simply negating these principles. To the torture proponents, suspected terrorist victims ought to be tortured to release more information whilst combating the vice. However, one can argue the reason of combating terrorism. The main aim of terrorism is not to kill but to usher in changes. Terrorists murder their victims because they aim to instill fear. It is true that alone, terrorism cannot destroy a country, but the country can destroy itself if it endears itself to the terrorists’ strategy and act irrationally. If the U.S. accepts to torture the terrorist suspects, then it lowers its moral standards matching that of the terrorists. It is, therefore, important that the U.S. never compromises to torture its victims although some people may see it as legit and justified. Legalizing tortures will make the U.S. compromised what it stands for just out of fear.
The U.S. should be in the forefront of rejecting the torture with respect to the 1987 United Nations Convention against torture and other cruel inhumane mistreatments. The Convention requires that every country takes an initiative to prevent torturous acts trough administrative legislation or through judicial means to ensure its refusal of torture. As a superpower, the U.S. should be the last country to use force for coercing individuals to release information. However, the U.S. can change its tactics to ensure that terror activities are reduced and any information on it was given through voluntary service.
The use of torture is indeed a very controversial subject with various arguments for and against the act. Its proponents may have valid reasons for inflicting torture especially to terror suspects but the country’s moral standing should act as a guideline. Therefore, torture should never be justified under any circumstances in the U.S. The U.S. Congress should not be tempted to compromise the country’s legit standing in the world and make it a torture state, but it should rather devise meaningful ways through which terror suspects and other criminals can be coerced to release important information they may be holding.
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Use of torture became popular after the September 11 attacks in the U.S. The Bush administration employed tortures on the terrorists as means for acquiring crucial data from the suspects. The C.I.A., F.B.I. and military used extreme forms of torture like waterboarding to obtain information from the terror suspects. Many Americans, however, believe that torture is unacceptable and should not be used. It is not the best way to acquire information from terrorists; moreover, torture is a cowardly act meant to stir emotions and make the U.S. act against its own volition.
The United States is a democracy founded and built on principles of liberty and freedom. The nation holds these two principles as its cardinal rules. As such, any argument should not be in contrary to the principles on which the U.S. is founded, and people arguing for the legalization of torture are simply negating these principles. To the torture proponents, suspected terrorist victims ought to be tortured to release more information whilst combating the vice. However, one can argue the reason of combating terrorism. The main aim of terrorism is not to kill but to usher in changes. Terrorists murder their victims because they aim to instill fear. It is true that alone, terrorism cannot destroy a country, but the country can destroy itself if it endears itself to the terrorists’ strategy and act irrationally. If the U.S. accepts to torture the terrorist suspects, then it lowers its moral standards matching that of the terrorists. It is, therefore, important that the U.S. never compromises to torture its victims although some people may see it as legit and justified. Legalizing tortures will make the U.S. compromised what it stands for just out of fear.
The U.S. should be in the forefront of rejecting the torture with respect to the 1987 United Nations Convention against torture and other cruel inhumane mistreatments. The Convention requires that every country takes an initiative to prevent torturous acts trough administrative legislation or through judicial means to ensure its refusal of torture. As a superpower, the U.S. should be the last country to use force for coercing individuals to release information. However, the U.S. can change its tactics to ensure that terror activities are reduced and any information on it was given through voluntary service.
The use of torture is indeed a very controversial subject with various arguments for and against the act. Its proponents may have valid reasons for inflicting torture especially to terror suspects but the country’s moral standing should act as a guideline. Therefore, torture should never be justified under any circumstances in the U.S. The U.S. Congress should not be tempted to compromise the country’s legit standing in the world and make it a torture state, but it should rather devise meaningful ways through which terror suspects and other criminals can be coerced to release important information they may be holding.
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