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Originally Posted by alexg
torturing a man who has information that can in high probability save innocent lives is NOT terrorism.
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Sorry, but I think you mean "torturing a man who YOU BELIEVE MAY HAVE information"
The problem with torture is that you can do serious harm to someone for no good reason what so ever. You'll have someone telling you anything and everything just to make you stop causing them unbearable harm.
In the end, you may end up with no information... and then you have to distinguish between a tough guy who can take it, and an innocent person who just got brutally harmed for nothing.
And no, that's not worth giving up democracy and freedom just to stop one terrorist.