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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Sooo based on this poll....
There are nuclear bombs planted in LA, NY, and Miami.
One guy knows where they are.
We have him.
He won't talk.
In 5 hours they will go off.
A great majority of TFP won't use torture to possibly save millions?
I want each of you who voted never to torture to say 'I would let 10 million innocent people die rather than torture one guilty person who could save them.'
Never say never people.
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1. The United States of America should not torture people.
2. The sort of situation you quote doesn't happen. It's *fiction*.
However, let's pretend it *did* happen. If the agent (let's call him 'Jack') of the secretive government anti-terrorist organization, who has this guy - let's call him 'Hussein', in custody, and happens to torture him to extract information, then Jack would be breaking the law. If Jack happens to save 10 million people, I think that would be a mitigating factor in his defence. He would probably be pardoned on the spot by whoever the president at the time is.
Killing people is illegal. Torture should also be illegal. However, there's such a thing as mitigating circumstances. If you use force against someone who's about to harm other people, you may have broken the law, but you have a clear defence.