11-26-2006, 09:02 PM
DomnoniaNov 26 2006, 12:34 PMI agree. Why has this never been suggested before. Good work![/quote]
Well that's what I was thinking. Extraordinary rendition has been in the news lately and we seem to discuss torture at least once a week in the UN forum. Why hasn't anybody thought of this before?
It might need a definition of "torture". That's going to be one of the first arguments thrown at it.
How about this: "Defines torture as any act by which severe pain, whether physical or psychological, is intentionally inflicted on a person as a means of intimidation, deterrence, revenge, punishment, sadism, information gathering, or to obtain false confessions for propaganda or political purposes".
Now that's taken more or less word for word from wikipedia. You might also say: "Defines torture, for the purposaes of this Resolution, as any act by which.....".
Well that's what I was thinking. Extraordinary rendition has been in the news lately and we seem to discuss torture at least once a week in the UN forum. Why hasn't anybody thought of this before?
It might need a definition of "torture". That's going to be one of the first arguments thrown at it.
How about this: "Defines torture as any act by which severe pain, whether physical or psychological, is intentionally inflicted on a person as a means of intimidation, deterrence, revenge, punishment, sadism, information gathering, or to obtain false confessions for propaganda or political purposes".
Now that's taken more or less word for word from wikipedia. You might also say: "Defines torture, for the purposaes of this Resolution, as any act by which.....".