October 18, 2006
1 in 3 People Agree with Tortue!
I just read this article by BBC news. They did worldwide poll that revealed that 1 in 3 people agree that there is a legitimate time to use torture when combating terrorism. In Canada nearly 1 in 5 people agree that it is OK. I'm shocked and horrified. I know that people are crazy but to actually say that you're OK with torture is horrifying to me. Nobody, absolutely nobody, deserves to be tortured for any reason. These are people that we're talking about. I think what blows me away is how high the amount of support is from people that are removed from terrorism. I can understand why countries like Israel and Iraq would have higher support but when people are removed war situations like in Canada the high support indicates to me just how few people actually respect human life and dignity. What I would like to ask these people that support torture is how they would feel if it were their son or daughter that was being tortured. What a ridiculous world we live in.