https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0 Made with words en-us 2018-06-01 00:20:11 UTC 2025-10-25 11:06:50 UTC hello@padlet.com 20acurrie1 https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/264913018 After the attacks on the twin towers on September 11, 2001, the United States government authorized the U.S. of "enhanced interrogation techniques" on terrorism suspects in U.S. custody during warfare. These techniques were constantly questioned whether or not they constituted torture, but U.S. officials denied that they did so. Although, many of the authorized techniques clearly do. U.S. courts have found that "waterboarding" and other forms of mock execution by asphyxiation are torture and war crimes. Stress positions, deprivation of light and auditory stimuli, and use of detainees' personal phobias are all other authorized torture techniques but they violate the protections given to all persons in custody no matter who the person is. Former U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged that the U.S. "enhanced interrogation techniques" were torture, but many other former and current U.S. presidents/officials do not believe that the techniques are torture. A specific case with torturing detainees' was around April 2004 during the war in Iraq. Personnel of the United States Army and CIA committed a series of human rights violations against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison, the violations consisted of physical and sexual abuse, torture, rape, sodomy, and murder. Because of these events, seventeen soldiers and officers were removed from duty and eleven soldiers were charged with dereliction of duty, maltreatment, aggravated assault, and battery by the U.S. Department of Defense. These soldiers were eventually convicted, sentenced to military prison, and discharged from service. This became the most wipe spread display of this form of torture, and it was only the beginning.]]> 2018-06-01 00:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/264913018 20acurrie1 https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/264913448 The use of torture during any time of war is a waste of soldiers' time and often pathetic; the goal is to capture and detain terrorism suspects and let them go to prison, not to detain them and then torture them simply out of hate or for enjoyment. When soldiers and other officials become a part of the Army or the CIA they make lawful agreements, which is the simplest reason why torturing war detainees is irresponsible. It first off violates the rights of the victim. Even though the detainee is a terrorism suspect and terrorism is certainly unacceptable, they still have the same rights that all persons in custody have and torturing them goes against those rights, which soldiers and officials know. Torture or "enhanced interrogation techniques" are also an ineffective interrogation tool. When someone is in pain they will do anything to get out of it, which is why torture is an ineffective interrogation tool, because a prisoner will say anything to stop the pain which results in false information. The fact that soldiers of the U.S. Army and members of the CIA are not smart enough to know things as simple as these, is greatly irresponsible. ]]> 2018-06-01 00:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/264913448 20acurrie1 https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/264913700 "Torture is acceptable if it can save lives in ticking time bomb situations." This statement that attempts to support torture on war prisoners is wrong in many ways. If there was a literal ticking time bomb and there was nothing that anyone could do, using torture techniques on a detainee would not be the smart or responsible thing to do in that case. If lives want to be saved, the smart thing would be to focus on getting as many people away from the bomb as possible, rather than wasting time interrogating/torturing a suspect. In that situation, it could also result in soldiers or officers receiving false information that would harm them and others rather than help them.]]> 2018-06-01 00:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/264913700 20acurrie1 https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/264913753 These techniques show many things about war, responsibility, and our world. Before these types of techniques were used in war, war was much different. The fact that some think that these techniques need to be used now, shows that the state of warfare in this world and in the United States has gotten to a point where everyone is impatient. Due to the impatiency, things have escalated past human decency and even past laws. The state of warfare in this world has been believed to have gotten out of control, but the use of these techniques has proved that it has. During these troubling times of conflict, responibility and integrity are essential. Being responsible in times of war can simply be following the rules and laws, whether they pertain to your situation or others. When it comes to torturing prisoners or using "techniques", responsibilty is knowing how to treat a human with decency no matter the situation. It is also incredibly important to have morals and what defines those morals are simply being a decent human being. ]]> 2018-06-01 00:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/264913753 20acurrie1 https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/265252266 Italy and Russia have quite different views on torture and specifically torturing prisoners. The majority of people in Italy believe that torture and torturing prisoners is wrong and unnecessary. While in Russia, less than half of people think that torture is completely wrong. A majority of Russians believe that if it is used to a certain degree, that it is not wrong but the degree that it is used to is unsure. Views on torture among the world can be very different, even in countries relatively close to each other. In some places around the world, torture is highly prohibited and has severe punishments, but in other places, any form of it is allowed with no punishments. The use of it in the world has become worrying though, as more techniques have been used over time. Torture in the world will probably never stop, but some will hopefully be able to see it come to an end or stay to an end in their country.]]> 2018-06-03 22:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/265252266 20acurrie1 https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/265253055 2018-06-03 22:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/265253055 20acurrie1 https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/265253114 2018-06-03 22:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/265253114 20acurrie1 https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/265253175 2018-06-03 22:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/265253175 20acurrie1 https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/265253198 2018-06-03 22:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/265253198 20acurrie1 https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/265253248 2018-06-03 22:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20acurrie1/2eej6o4cbnc0/wish/265253248