When is torture acceptable?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

[underseasurveyor]

1. never

[Captain Hilts]

2. GWB tortured frogs as a kid. That was a warning sign. Vick is sick to institutionalize and run for

two years his dog mill. Sick.

[ZombieHorde]

3. Why are the first three choices questions? nt

[BlooInBloo]

4. According to "true progressive" DUers, torturing Vick is ok.

[Forkboy]

7. You should write pamphlets.

[Frosty1]

5. When it's republicans being tortured

:evilgrin:

[redqueen]

6. Thank you! Far too many people here advocate torturing people...

in a fit of emotional overreaction, I'm sure... but it shouldn't be that difficult to remember how true it is that it's never acceptable, ever.

At least no one here would ever advocate torturing an animal though, so... there's that.

What I can't help wondering is how many of those who advocate torture for certain people are ever serious, and if there are any people who are serious about it, what religion they subscribe to.

[Forkboy]

8. Never

[anonymous171]

9. When a nuke is about to go off and destroy a city and the only way to find it is by torture

So never.

[HiyaEmerald Eyes]

10. NEVER

NEVER

[redqueen]

11. Wow... unrec'ing a poll conveying the idea that torture is ALWAYS wrong...

weird.

[rucky]

12. Add Cheney to "C" and you've got yourself a vote. n/t

[Critters2]

13. Hmmm...someone seems conspicuously absent from this thread. nt

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

16. Is it Michael Jackson??

:shrug:

[Critters2]

19. No. Good guess, though. nt

[mullard12ax7]

14. Let's move on and focus on my wallet

My money is so much more important that morals, laws or silly little ethics.

[Soylent Brice]

15. other: it's not okay. ever, under any circumstances.

torture doesn't work.

[ashling]

17. You are torturing me with polls like this

and that is not acceptable.

:rofl:

[Zywiec]

18. Surprising answers

Usually I see it OKed here for:

- Child molesters or anyone hurting a child
- Dick Cheney
- Bernie Madoff
- Anyone going to jail for something heinous (Always referring to jail house rape)

[DailyGrind51]

20. Frog-march Bush, Cheney, & Vick down to Gitmo for waterboarding!

[mysuzuki2]

21. Only when Mel Gibson

is refusing to acknowledge Patrick McGoohan as his lawful king.

[BOG PERSON]

22. When it is justifiable to the people on whose behalf you are conducting the torture

Nothing is *inherently* unacceptable... unless you're totally incapable of wrapping your head around it.

[csziggy]

25. Situational ethics are inherently unacceptable

Sorry, but if you have to contort the law and invent justifications to subvert it, the action is wrong.

By your definition, genocide is OK - after all, Hitler and his cronies justified it to the German people.

[BOG PERSON]

23. When we get REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM

[BOG PERSON]

24. When it keeps white people safe

[timeforpeace]

26. Not even to save the life of a woman, a child and a puppy who have been buried alive by a sadistic

mass murderer who has been captured but won't tell the location.