Who likes torture? Not who you might think

anigbrowl

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Thu Jul-30-09 05:42 PM
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Who likes torture? Not who you might think

Edited on Thu Jul-30-09 05:45 PM by anigbrowl

edit: forgot to mention that the graphic below comes from Economist.com.

The survey from which these statistics are drawn is here: http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/jun08/WPO_Torture_Jun08_packet.pdf

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LynnTheDem

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Thu Jul-30-09 05:45 PM
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1. Very interesting comparison between the USA and Iran.

How very deeply tragic.

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redqueen

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Thu Jul-30-09 05:54 PM
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2. How do you mean?

Edited on Thu Jul-30-09 05:55 PM by redqueen

That we approve of it nearly as much? I think comparing us to Egypt and China is more interesting.

I'm most shocked by India's place on that chart.

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timeforpeace

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Thu Jul-30-09 10:21 PM
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3. India might have the world's most intelligent people, but they're stupid.

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