vstexas09

Here's the Topic

In a criminal interrogation, the end justifies the means!

I just wanted to see what people's views are about criminal interrogation.

Here is an elaboration on the topic:

AFF: MEANS ARE JUSTIFIED
-protects society from potential harm
-uplifts society
-needs of society are more important than needs of imminent criminal
-inquiry is harmful

NEG: MEANS ARE NOT JUSTIFIED
-Means are unethical and immoral
-People have been wrongfully accused and convicted
-"de-humanizes" individuals
-End is not always the truth...

This is what I think so far...

Pick a side and give me reasons why and examples (quotes also!!)

iTaliAN_ICe

I think it's important to interrogate criminals relentlessly, but I disagree that the ends justify the means in this case. I'm not necessarily opposed to any "truth serum"-type drugs being used on criminals, but I'm opposed to most forms of torture. Some forms of extracting information are simply inhumane.

texas_tank

why would interogation be considered bad?.. there are legal ways and illeagal ways to do it, and if done right, interogation can be a valuable process for society as a hole.

Sebelius for VP, not Hillary

Please define "criminal interrogation." Do you mean torture? Water boarding? Criminal interrogations are routine....it doesn't seem to be a controversy to me.

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texas_tank

i concur.

vstexas09

can u give me a reason why u concur??

vstexas09

but will interrogation give the rite answer...will it help society and be truthful??

criminals aren't always going to be cooperative you know!!

micfranklin

Criminals need to be punished, but if it involves torturing them then it's not okay to do.

texas_tank

I concur with w.e.b. because you havent given us any further detail into what you mean by 'interogation'..

theres no debate there..

Troianii

The ends can justify the means, but not always. For example, if there was a sick-minded terrorist who knew everything there was about the next 9/11 I would want us to do absolutely anything possible to get the information out of him. Simple interrogation is just asking him, I doubt that'd get anything done. What we've done recently is humiliate prisoners, psychological torture, as some would call it, but not really torture. I think that a sick minded terrorist could be severely humiliated and that would be perfectly acceptable, because otherwise you risk making the unspoken statement that "saving one sick-minded terrorist from humiliation is more important than saving the 3000+ people that might die if we don't humiliate the crap out of him."