post war life couldn’t be so powerful and redeeming. There are so many great plot lines in this book: the rise of Zamperini as an Olympic athlete‚ his heroism towards his colleagues while on a raft for 27 days‚ his courage in the camps despite the torture‚ but his greatness really showed when he was able to transcend his pain and its incumbent bitterness to turn his own life around. This was the most gripping part of the book for me because most people would have acted very differently than Louie if
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“enhanced” interrogation policies in Guantanamo Bay. Despite having signed and ratified the UN Torture Convention‚ which clearly underlines that torture is never justified regardless of emergency situations‚ the US Department of Justice argued that self-defense and national security justified the President’s powers (without checks and balances) to give permission to the officials at Guantanamo to torture enemy detainees for
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the violent nature of these conflicts‚ a large portion of refugees have experienced torture‚ and have had to cope with intense trauma. The convicts and officers in Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good have very similar circumstances with modern day refugees‚ enduring constant persecution and violence. Consequently‚ both the play and “The Psychological Impact of Torture‚” a review on the effects of torture on refugees‚ can provide a glimpse into how people react and cope under dehumanizing
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Evaluating Violence When deciding whether violence is ethical or justified‚ there are several factors that must be considered. There is not a simple answer to any scenario and each scenario must be evaluated carefully and thoroughly. Torture has proven to be an extremely effective tool so putting an all out ban on it would have quite a few repercussions‚ especially in the war on terror. Could the United States really justify losing access to terrorist information in order to be more humane?
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conducted through rights such as the presence of counsel and right against self-incrimination. Despite the measures put to guide interrogation procedures‚ interrogation techniques have evolved from establishing a rapport with the suspect to outright torture. However‚ effective interrogation techniques should obtain the required information while preserving the rights of the suspect. Most of the 19th century was marred by use of interrogation techniques that exerted brutal force on their subjects while
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punishment also known as the death penalty uses techniques that undermine humanity. When undertaking capital punishment‚ the process involves hanging‚ firing bullets‚ slaughter‚ inducing death through drugs and any other way causes psychological torture and physical pain. Humanity requires that people treat others with dignity they deserve even when they have done mistakes. Capital punishment does not have any form of dignity. The whole process functions more of a revenge rather than punishment.
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people die. People should be able to get answers out of the terrorists before there is another attack. EIT was originally made post 9-11 because there were detainees still out there that had answers on how and why 9-11 occurred. The U.N defines torture as a way people get answers from detainees. The CIA would use harmful techniques to figure out what someone did‚ and how they did it (“5 Interrogation Methods”). One of the techniques used to get out answers was waterboarding. People are put on the
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conducted through rights such as the presence of counsel and right against self-incrimination. Despite the measures put to guide interrogation procedures‚ interrogation techniques have evolved from establishing a rapport with the suspect to outright torture. However‚ effective interrogation techniques should obtain the required information while preserving the rights of the suspect. Most of the 19th century was marred by use of interrogation techniques that exerted brutal force on their
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Starting in 2004‚ reports of physical‚ psychological and sexual abuse including torture‚ rape‚ sodomy‚ waterboarding (“a prisoner is strapped to a board‚ or submerged‚ or held down and forced to breathe through a water-soaked cloth held over his mouth. All waterboarding produces the physical sensation of drowning and a psychological sensation of panic‚ fear and loss of control[1]”) and homicide of the prisoners at Abu Ghraib become known to the public eye. The acts were committed by members of the
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the girl maimed and nearly blind after being interrogated and tortured by the ruthless Colonel Joll‚ and takes her in. The Magistrate’s relationship with the girl revolves around his search for the girl’s significance; he questions her about her torture‚ he attempts to understand her through her physical surface‚ and tries to use her as the key to unlocking his own meaning. Ultimately‚ the Magistrate’s treatment of the barbarian girl mirrors her treatment by Colonel Joll; they both use her as a tool
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