Why We Won T Give Up Torture By Colin Woodard
Torture
Science has proven that the human mind has a breaking point. A certain amount
of physical infliction on the body or mental strain will cause one to give in. The boiling
point of a person is tipped by torture. Torture is a cruel war tactic.
Torture breaks down the subject to extract information, punish, revenge, or to
simply instill fear (Woodard). The two different types of torture are physical and mental.
According to Robin Kirk, physical torture includes,
methods of torture include beating, electric shocks, stretching, submersion, suffocation, burns, rape, and sexual assault. The other is psychological torture which includes, isolation, threats, humiliation, mock executions, mock amputations, …show more content…
In history, where there is war there is torture. In Colin Woodard's article Why We Won't
Give Up Torture, he explains the cruelties of past countries torture. A member of the 32nd
Volunteer Infantry Regiment reported that soldiers would sometimes force water out of captives'
bodies by stamping on their engorged stomachs, repeatedly. In the 19th century Nazi Germany,
Soviet Union, and Japan all mistreated captives in war. Most of the time enemy prisoners were
simply executed. The Japanese set the tone for all inhumane acts of torture. During the Pacific
campaign, Japanese officers performed live dissections, executions by dismemberment, and
towards the end of the war the army and navy took to eating enemy prisoners. In fact, they were
so effective that Americans and other countries studied and adopted Japanese torture methods
(Woodard).
After the attacks on September 11, 2001, in New York the debate of torture surged over
the loss of loved ones and rage of who was responsible pushed the boundaries of what justified
torture. Advocates of torture think that it can be used to save lives through the stoppage of future
acts of terrorism (ProQuest). Most terrorist claim that their acts are for the greater glory of
Science has proven that the human mind has a breaking point. A certain amount
of physical infliction on the body or mental strain will cause one to give in. The boiling
point of a person is tipped by torture. Torture is a cruel war tactic.
Torture breaks down the subject to extract information, punish, revenge, or to
simply instill fear (Woodard). The two different types of torture are physical and mental.
According to Robin Kirk, physical torture includes,
methods of torture include beating, electric shocks, stretching, submersion, suffocation, burns, rape, and sexual assault. The other is psychological torture which includes, isolation, threats, humiliation, mock executions, mock amputations, …show more content…
In history, where there is war there is torture. In Colin Woodard's article Why We Won't
Give Up Torture, he explains the cruelties of past countries torture. A member of the 32nd
Volunteer Infantry Regiment reported that soldiers would sometimes force water out of captives'
bodies by stamping on their engorged stomachs, repeatedly. In the 19th century Nazi Germany,
Soviet Union, and Japan all mistreated captives in war. Most of the time enemy prisoners were
simply executed. The Japanese set the tone for all inhumane acts of torture. During the Pacific
campaign, Japanese officers performed live dissections, executions by dismemberment, and
towards the end of the war the army and navy took to eating enemy prisoners. In fact, they were
so effective that Americans and other countries studied and adopted Japanese torture methods
(Woodard).
After the attacks on September 11, 2001, in New York the debate of torture surged over
the loss of loved ones and rage of who was responsible pushed the boundaries of what justified
torture. Advocates of torture think that it can be used to save lives through the stoppage of future
acts of terrorism (ProQuest). Most terrorist claim that their acts are for the greater glory of