Unfortunately the American way is "Do as I say not as I do!". It is ok for human rights violations to happen in American prisons, but the US is fast to condemn the practices used in China. Well...
Let me think. Last I knew it was against Human rights to execute mentally ill patients. In Texas we dope these guys up so they are competent to be executed... Is that not a violation of human rights?
Torchure is never acceptable. Neither by friend or foe. The fact is that it has been around since mankind started to walk does not justify its use today! Neither does "saving 100 lives" for that matter, because then you would have to decide when a torchure is justified... when 90 people are in jeopardy? when 10 are in jeopardy? when 1 is in jeopardy? If it is a prominent person does that mean that torchure is allowed although it is just one person and the threashold was set to 50?
Never should torchure be used. EVER!
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