I strongly disapprove of torture and have never and would never provide assistance in its process.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There's been a lot of experience with torture in history. It doesn't work.
America does not torture. We never have, and we never will.
While the notion that torture works has been glorified in television shows and movies, the simple truth is this: torture has never been an effective interrogation method.
Torture produces unreliable evidence and therefore doesn't achieve and protect anybody. Torture corrupts those who are doing the torturing.
Torture fails to make us safe, but it certainly makes us less free.
No conditions justify torture.
Anyone will say anything under torture.
There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information - the assumption being, apparently, that if it is effective, then it may be justified.
I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.
The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear.
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