Should civilized nations use "Enhanced Interrogation" techni

[--Pete]

Hi,

If torture is soooo ineffective, why has it been used since the beginning of history?

Because people are stupid and arrogant. Torture has been used, historically, mostly to get confessions from people the torturer "knew" were guilty. And, sure enough, torture them long enough and they confess, vindicating the torturer. The fact that the confession is meaningless is conveniently ignored.

Also, if you had bothered reading the thread, you would know that torture is not ineffective in gathering information. It is ineffective because the information gathered often is of no value. The person being tortured will often make up anything he can think of just to stop the pain.

--Pete