I would say as a society, then its good that we do not accept tortur.
However I´m also sure that even the most civilized person on this planet can be pushed, so she/he will turn to violence.
Ex. What would you do, if you were to interrogate al Qaeda operations chief Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the day before 9/11... and you knew that major terror was going to strick 9/11, but had no idea how or where?
Knowing what happen on 9/11, then I´m sure most people would have used reasonable tortur to prevent what happen.
So who should be tortured - who do we think have so important infomation that it could save lives, and how do we prevent that tortur do not take place when its not absolut needed?
That question I would leave to our intelligence service and politicians who deal with national security, they should know who and when tortur would be needed as a last resort...
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