Comments | ontd_political: Almost half of Americans see torture as acceptable, Red Cross survey finds

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Almost half of Americans see torture as acceptable, Red Cross survey finds

Dec 05, 2016 22:39

‘People on War’ poll, last taken in 1999, shows coarsened attitudes on wartime treatment of civilians among people in US, UK, Russia, China and France

Nearly half of Americans believe it acceptable to torture enemy combatants, according to a new survey which suggests that 15 years of warfare have significantly recast American attitudes on torture ( Read more... )

torture, fiji, human rights, think i just threw up a bit in my mouth, *trigger warning: violence

Comments 5

homicidalslayer December 6 2016, 02:26:38 UTC

Oh my fucking god, no.

I feel a sudden urge to ship a case of Centrum Silver to John McCain.

moonshaz December 6 2016, 05:02:20 UTC

People are so fucking gross.

tilmon December 6 2016, 05:50:41 UTC

I feel like throwing up. What the hell is wrong with people?

sweet_heloise December 6 2016, 20:53:53 UTC

Anyone in favor of torture should have to get tortured themselves

soleiltropiques December 9 2016, 03:09:05 UTC

This is just horrible. How can people support torture? That first article is really disheartening.

I hadn't heard about Fiji's issues with human rights, this is just horrible.

Thanks for posting OP, this is really important (albeit disturbing) news.