. One may say they're doing this to save lives, but even so, aren't you taking lives in the process? I see this most as being hypocrite.
The problem I have with torture has to do with this. They aren't taking lives. Quite the opposite actually. The fact that they act in a way that makes people want death is something completely barbaric in my opinion. My knowledge of torture (and the degree) is limited, but this is assuming that death would appear to be the better option to the tortured person. No human should have to experience something so painful that they wish for death. I'm not saying kill them, as, first of all, that solves no problems, and second, we get into the death penalty which I won't discuss here. As mentioned, there are other ways to gather intelligence, just as there is the chance that the extracted information is invalid. Overall there's just too many physical and ethical flaws with this to be used.