Originally Posted by
Agrajag
I am in my comfy home, as it happens. However I am not telling anyone how they should act. I am expressing my opinion on what is right and what is wrong.
Your argument is still no more sophisticated than "the end justifies the means" and well you know it.
On the contrary, I have been attempting to point out that this is not the case.
Lets make the point crystal clear in that the enemy will not be detonating a bomb, but releasing a powerful nerve gas which will painfully kill your fellow soldiers.
On one hand your have the rights of the enemy not to be tortured, on the other you have the rights of your soldiers not to be tortured.
On must simply make a choice.
You may either violate the rights of your enemy, who is actively attempting to torture, or violate the rights of your fellow soldiers as you watch them suffer.
To me this is equivalent to favoring abortion when the pregnancy will cause the death of the Mother. A choice must be made.
Special circumstances, case by case scenarios, that's what I'm talking about when I say, "I can envision unique circumstances arising in the setting of war in which I could see a justification for torture". It is not a popular thing to say, but I call them as I see them.
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