English Writing 101 28 July 2010 To Torture or Not? After the United States suffered terrorist attacks on September 11th 2001‚ the well being of our nation would be of great interest to the Bush Administration. Anything and everything has been done to ensure that such an attack that does not occur on American soil ever again. Our military activity in the Middle East allows us to have the opportunity to catch enemy prisoners and the ability to retrieve valuable information in order to end the
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Copyright and Other Issues Regarding Digital Media and the Internet In the old days when you wanted to buy your favorite artist’s new album you would head to your local record store to buy it. The artists and record label would each get a cut of the profits. But today more music fans are opting for 99 cent downloads or streaming free music on-line. Obtaining a new track or album is just a click away with iTunes‚ subscription services like Spotify‚ free Internet streaming sites like Pandora‚ or
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Torture is defined as the action of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something. The Central Intelligence Agency put in place “advanced interrogation techniques” under the Bush Administration after the occurrence of 9/11. These techniques can easily be viewed as a form of torture. A citizen of the United States often agrees with the CIA’s interrogation techniques‚ however‚ one is often under assumption that the CIA has the right detainee in prison‚ the
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“The Case for Torture” Torture is a concept that Americans attempt to avoid. If a criminal possesses the opportunity to harm innocent lives‚ the delinquent should be stopped. The idea presides in Michael Levin’s “The Case for Torture”; Levin attempts to portray a point that the act of torturing terrorists in order to save innocent lives is justifiable. Throughout the article‚ Levin fabricates situations to present his argument that torture is not a bad idea. He voices that torture is not established
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Justification on the Use of Torture for National Security While the idea may seem contradictory‚ countries around the globe use torture as a form of national security. As noted in the works of an online database‚ Opposing Viewpoints‚ reasons originating from the early 1800s in Jean Larteguy’s novel‚ Les Centurions‚ depicts the opposing justification of why such a method is necessary for safety (7). In his novel‚ Larteguy stresses millions of lives were saved because a French soldier tortured an
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WHEEL OF TORTURE Ten (10) Philippine National Police officers have been discharged after revelations that they played a game called “wheel of torture” at a secret detention facility. The Commission on Human Rights is looking into the supposed maltreatment of up to 41 detainees in the Philippine National Police facility in Biñan‚ Laguna. The facility is a 200-square-meter bungalow being rented by the Laguna police intelligence branch first district unit composed of 12 staffs. At the kitchen area
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Barbarian: Why Torture Is Never Justified In a post-9/11 world‚ where it seems that terrorism is rampant and increasing numbers of extremists threaten the safety and wellbeing of American citizens‚ is it ever justified to bend the rules of legality and morality while fighting the war on terror? Whether or not the use of torture as an interrogation tactic is justified in these circumstances is questionable because of controversy about its legality‚ morality‚ and effectiveness; the use of torture would violate
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TORTURE Using Torture to Gather Intelligence About Terrorism Tim Sonnreich‚ February 2005. Once upon a time (as in about 4 years ago) the issue of ’torture’ (i.e. whether it is ever acceptable to use it) was very rarely debated - and when it was debated‚ defending torture was considered an extremely hardline to defend. That reality existed for a good reason - namely that torture is almost unimaginably terrible‚ and should never be something that people speak of lightly. In fact the few times
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Torture the action of inflicting pain to a subject in order to get the truth or make them do something they want. The origins of torture date back to 530 A. D. were in many ancient civilizations such as Romans‚ Jews‚ and Egyptians practiced the arts and ways of torture to force others to say something they want. With their lewd ways of doing the job and their inhumane machinery‚ it has become one of the most depraved forms for the extraction of truth. Their fundamental roots of their form still
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Torture and Ethics Esstene’ West AJS/532 December 10‚ 2012 Eric Yuva Torture and Ethics According to Steven Biko‚ “the most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” This is very true when it comes to the way of the world and torture. This is because torture has been used as a tool since the beginning of history. Since the 18th century B.C.‚ torture has been practiced because of the Code of Hammurabi- an eye
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