I personally wouldn't mind my thoughts being looked at through some sort of brain scan, or whatever. So long as it was localised and they were to look at what was linked to what they wanted to know, rather than completely invading my privacy.
Thinking about it, it wont be long before they can class you as mentally unstable or worse due to what you think, despite whether or not you act upon it or talk about it, if this type of technology is going to be frequently used.
Thinking about it, it wont be long before they can class you as mentally unstable or worse due to what you think, despite whether or not you act upon it or talk about it, if this type of technology is going to be frequently used.
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Originally Posted by Odlov
What techniques do you think are acceptable as a means for potentially getting crucial information out of suspects? Say, a captive is suspected to know the location of a huge terrorist base or whatnot. Or suicide bomber training facility.
Personally I accept torture as a necessary evil as long as we do not develop painless technique of extracting information, such as drug-induced hypnosis or some advanced brain scan or whatnot. I hope we do, soon.
Let's face it: if the criminal does not feel serious discomfort, he will not have any reason to part with the information. It's not pretty, and innocents may suffer, but what are you gonna do? The info can potentially save many civilian lives.
The availability of such a drug would result in huge amounts of abuse. I'm fine with any form of torture that gets the job done so long as the information is proven to have been vital for a missions success and that the torture stops when the information is retrieved.
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Originally Posted by Murmayder
The availability of such a drug would result in huge amounts of abuse. I'm fine with any form of torture that gets the job done so long as the information is proven to have been vital for a missions success and that the torture stops when the information is retrieved.
Yeah I agree, to be fair isn't the torture still abused anyway. Though I'm quite young I'm still pretty old school in thinking than sitting down with a guy tied to a chair with a hammer some pliers and some dark lighting can make nearly anyone talk pretty quickly and if its for a greater good i.e. saving lots of lives. If that one person (must be actually committing or with holding information on something big) saves 2 in the long run that's a net gain. Then hey sign me up, I'm sure even worse came to worse I'd torture someone, especially if it meant saving my girlfriend or possibly, in the future, my family.
If I hold that outlook I am also ok with being tortured as crazy as it sounds as I would spill everything I knew before they even came in range xD unless yet again saved family or pretty close friends.
