tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638402958079714573.post7248980215712190707..comments2011-04-19T16:06:39.581-05:00Comments on Humanism and Human Rights: Secret Prison Camps in BaghdadDoctor Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189506916480012553noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638402958079714573.post-42243394217242221342011-04-12T16:14:30.712-05:002011-04-12T16:14:30.712-05:00I think that it is unlikely that torture will ever...I think that it is unlikely that torture will ever be completely gone from our system on all levels; however, I do not think that there can be no progress towards a system in which torture is an extreme abnormality. There is no telling how many torture camps the United States has, but the first step towards reducing the number of camps should be to make it very clear that the people do not approve of the practice under any circumstances. Hopefully, the international community would support us in our efforts to curb the torture practices of our government which would put further pressure for reform. It seems that, if the U.S. continues to use these prison camps, then the people and international community must continue to protest its actions.Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11226540125709024253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638402958079714573.post-43175501469235237752011-04-05T15:47:37.224-05:002011-04-05T15:47:37.224-05:00Interesting post Rush! I agree with you in that I ...Interesting post Rush! I agree with you in that I do not believe that torture is inevitable. It is something that can be changed and not be accepted as something that will always happen. When I read Dershowitz’s argument I thought of the lazy relativist approach as well. Dershowitz seems to give in to the fact that torture will always be so we need to work around it. However, seeing that there are more camps that will be uncovered there needs to be a stop to such actions, as you say, so that we will not be continuously uncovering camps indefinitely. The chain of power that enforces torture is corrupt itself, as we saw in the Ghost of Abu Ghraib, so changing torture or stopping it makes it all the more difficult. Who do we approach with the authority to genuinely stop such torture techniques for interrogation that are not effective? We may have to start with the torturers and find a way to make them realize one, what they are doing and two, the unreal and twisted element of their actions. Their mindset is not sane as well so possibly starting from the torturers will help the higher authorities realize that such interrogational torture techniques are not effective.Manalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705569791546856423noreply@blogger.com