Torture..

[Chad32]

It's not impossible to get dependable information from torturing someone. It's practically guaranteed that you'll get something, and the guy knows if s/he lies you'll be pissed when you get back.

However it's not the right thing to do. It's not really dependable, depending on what motivates the person. Causing undue pain to someone isn't a form of justice.

Now if somebody killed someone, possibly with torture, it would be very tempting of me to do the same thing to that person. Something tells me that's what the person deserves. However it isn't baseless when people talk about the cycle of revenge. No matter how twisted a person is, there's a fair chance that someone will want revenge on you for taking revenge on them. Then your friends get in one it, and eventually people start forgetting why group A even hates group B.

I wouldn't deny that doing painful things to people can bring about useful information. Testing on Humans has allowed us to learn quite a bit about how the body works. It's still wrong, and there are always more ethical ways to do something. If there's anything that makes death more horrible is if the person died in a prolonged and painful manner. Even if they survive it, it should still make people uneasy.

By the way, appeals to emotion is not a good way to debate. Might I start breaking arms if my family was in danger? Probably. Would it be the right thing to do? definitely not.