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The Guardian is a British newspaper. In the UK we still consider it torture. I think the UK has basically always reported it like this - we do not see eye to ey
by sammorrowdrums 10y ago
The Guardian is a British newspaper. In the UK we still consider it torture. I think the UK has basically always reported it like this - we do not see eye to eye on this topic.
Crucially, the CIA's aggressive covering up says something about the perceived risk of the public and legislature knowing fully about this.
- arethuza 10y agoPerhaps that reporting here in the UK was influenced by some of the horrors in our own recent history - such as the military use of the "Five Techniques" against UK citizens during the NI troubles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_techniques https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_techniques
- secfirstmd 10y agoAnd collusion with Libyan torturers more recently https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/06/09/dispatches-still-no-justice-uks-role-rendition-and-torture https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/06/09/dispatches-still-no-just...
- secfirstmd 10y agoPretty sure most normal people and countries consider it torture.
- lawnchair_larry 10y agoWe do see eye to eye, it's considered torture in the US too.
- wavefunction 10y agoIndeed, though 59% of Americans surveyed recently were ok with the application of torture following 9/11[0], sadly enough. I am one of the 31% who considers it torture and I always have. [0]https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/new-poll-finds-majority-of-americans-believe-torture-justified-after-911-attacks/2014/12/16/f6ee1208-847c-11e4-9534-f79a23c40e6c_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/new-p...