States Naval Academy. While in the service I discovered an ongoing nonconsensual human experiment testing a human-machine interface weapon. The program is testing a class of weapons called “Perception Warfare‚” “Spiritual Warfare‚” or “No-Touch Torture” weapons. I use the term “testing” loosely. This program functions more like an electronic gulag. I’ve researched this issue for over ten years now and have verified the information to be true. I have been doing public outreach on this issue for
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TORTURE Using Torture to Gather Intelligence About Terrorism Tim Sonnreich‚ February 2005. Once upon a time (as in about 4 years ago) the issue of ’torture’ (i.e. whether it is ever acceptable to use it) was very rarely debated - and when it was debated‚ defending torture was considered an extremely hardline to defend. That reality existed for a good reason - namely that torture is almost unimaginably terrible‚ and should never be something that people speak of lightly. In fact the few times
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Personal Torture Instruction...I mean Physical Therapist “I want to inspire people. I want someone to look at me and say because of you I didn’t give up” (Author unknown). For many physical therapist dream come true is to help patients get better and thank them. American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) began in 1921‚ it was first called American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association and they had only women physical therapists. In 1922‚ the association changed so men could become physical therapist
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attempt to disprove the known fact that methods of torture during medieval times were both cruel and most definitely did not fit the crime in which they were intended to compensate for. This paper is intended to confirm the media’s portrayal‚ specifically Hollywood‚ of the tortuous methods of a time period where the techniques and procedures utilized to prove a point were perceived as reasonable. Contrary to most popular opinion‚ methods of medieval torture were actually chosen with much deliberation
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One of the main arguments against torture is that it is immoral. There are plenty of arguments to whether torture should be legalized or not. Alan Dershowitz believes that torture should be legalized for life saving events. This may be true; however‚ Phillip Heymann believes that legalizing torture would begin a slippery slope towards widespread use of torture in less extreme situations‚ making torture become a common place. After considering both sides to the debate I agree with . I would be skeptical
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Torture is “the act of inflicting excruciating pain‚ as punishment or revenge‚ as a means of getting a confession or information‚ or for sheer cruelty” (Dictionary.com). It is thought that torture is used to get information that may save lives. In “September 17‚ 2001 - President George W. Bush sign[ed] a secret memo authorizing the CIA to detain suspected terrorists” (“CIA Torture Report Fast Facts”). What innocent citizens don’t know‚ is that torture is sometimes used wrongly and for revenge instead
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This paper addresses one of the most abiding and heated controversies surrounding the topic of torture and morality. Put simply‚ this controversy concerns the issue of whether under extreme and exceptional circumstances‚ a government agency should be legally permitted to use torture as a means of punishment or extracting information. According to Oxford Dictionary‚ torture is defined as “The action of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something”
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I do not believe in torture and consider it something barbaric and inhuman. Therefore I would say that torture is never acceptable under any circumstances‚ and regardless of what the consequences might be. Torture and civilization do not mix because the latter highly emphasizes the value of human beings as it is something intrinsic. Democracy also does not mix with torture because democratic societies believe in human rights and equality. My point is that the end does not justify the means when it
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Torture can be defined as mental or physical harm to any human being. Whether to torture an enemy or any individual including the ethics of it is a very problematic topic to this day. After the attack on Paris it became even more controversial and the remaining question is whether using torture to obtain information to save lives outweighed the ethical and moral obligations. Human rights become involved‚ including the ramifications it could have. An American free society is supposed to be 100%
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Torture has been used for centuries all over the world by many cultures‚ as either part of their justice systems or just to inflict physical or mental pain. The Romans used torture to punish those who lived contrary to the laws of the empire. The Egyptians‚ who were among the first to use torture‚ used methods like prolonged sun exposure to achieve confessions from unfaithful followers. In the world today‚ torture is something we’d like to believe isn’t part of any country’s strategy for acquiring
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