One should not encourage one’s government to torture under any circumstances ever. A government empowered with the right of torture is not in any way shape or form a small government.
RE: One should not encourage one’s government to torture under any circumstances ever
Does it not follow from the above argument that nuking 250,000 people in Japan is also encouraging our government to commit genocide?
Making life extremely uncomfortable for terrorists is not torture. If you are not permanently physically injured, maimed or killed in the process, then it is merely a legitimate method of extracting information and cooperation.
It all comes down to how many US citizens you consider to be expendable for the sake of a foreign enemy’s comfort.