Nbadan
06-24-2008, 01:19 PM
I mean after all....how can they justify torture by their own government without concurrently justifying the torture of captured American troops who many countries think of as terraists?
New York - While 53 per cent of Americans joined respondents around the world in saying torture should be unequivocally abolished, a high percentage favoured an exception when dealing with terrorists, a US survey said Tuesday. The survey found 44 per cent of Americans favoured torture in the case of terrorists and 13 per cent said torture should be allowed in general, said a study by WorldPublicOpinion.org, which is associated with the University of Maryland's Programme on International Policy Attitudes.
"Support for making exceptions for torture in the case of terrorists has grown among Americans since 2006, from 36 per cent to 44 per cent, while the majority opposing the use of torture in all cases has fallen slightly, from 58 per cent down to 53 per cent," the survey said.
The survey was made public at UN headquarters in New York on the eve of the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
The government of President George W Bush has been strongly criticized for using torture against alleged terrorists detained, in some cases in secrecy, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
But Steven Kull, director of WorldPublicOpinion.org, said, "The idea that torture by governments is basically wrong is widely shared in all corners of the world. Even the scenario one hears of terrorists holding information that could save innocent lives is rejected as a justification for torture in most countries."
Earth Times (http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/214622,survey-44-per-cent-of-americans-favour-torture-for-terrorists.html)
13 per cent said torture should be allowed in general
Anyone wanna guess which percentage WC belongs too?
New York - While 53 per cent of Americans joined respondents around the world in saying torture should be unequivocally abolished, a high percentage favoured an exception when dealing with terrorists, a US survey said Tuesday. The survey found 44 per cent of Americans favoured torture in the case of terrorists and 13 per cent said torture should be allowed in general, said a study by WorldPublicOpinion.org, which is associated with the University of Maryland's Programme on International Policy Attitudes.
"Support for making exceptions for torture in the case of terrorists has grown among Americans since 2006, from 36 per cent to 44 per cent, while the majority opposing the use of torture in all cases has fallen slightly, from 58 per cent down to 53 per cent," the survey said.
The survey was made public at UN headquarters in New York on the eve of the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
The government of President George W Bush has been strongly criticized for using torture against alleged terrorists detained, in some cases in secrecy, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
But Steven Kull, director of WorldPublicOpinion.org, said, "The idea that torture by governments is basically wrong is widely shared in all corners of the world. Even the scenario one hears of terrorists holding information that could save innocent lives is rejected as a justification for torture in most countries."
Earth Times (http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/214622,survey-44-per-cent-of-americans-favour-torture-for-terrorists.html)
13 per cent said torture should be allowed in general
Anyone wanna guess which percentage WC belongs too?