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Torture History

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When we discuss the topic of torture and how it has affected our history and even now in present day, it gave us a great understanding of how we as human beings display torture in various ways. Torture is the action or practice of inflating severe pain on someone as punishment or to force them to say or do something. Torture is even used for pleasure of the person inflicting the pain. It has always been a form of how to harm or break a individual.
In the past, torture has been centered around corporeal punishment. There were many killing machines and torture devices that were at the height of technological innovation throughout the French Revolution, also called Reign of Terror. Because there were loose laws, torturing someone was easily …show more content…

For example waterboarding. Waterboarding Is an interrogation technique that stimulates the feeling of being drowned. There has been many conflict in whether it really works or not. In an article, a U.S. Senate candidate Todd Wilcox states “They work on terrorist and there is a proven history of that” (Gillin 2016). I don’t completely agree with that statement because when 9/11 occurred and Osama bin Laden was captured it was said that he was waterboarded 138 times. If waterboarding was so efficient then it would have worked after a small amount of the tries. Another technique that can be used is the “blackout box”. This technique is a form of psychological torture. It encounters hearing losing mind sounds. Sitting in that small box will allow that person to lose their mind. They are willing to say just about anything to get out of the box. It might not even be true or the right information that people need from the criminal. They may say things that don’t even make sense. So what’s really been gained? I feel no matter how hard we try, to keep dangerous criminals from harming our country, things will happen over and over. It’s a ongoing cycle. Innocent lives are taken away every day and torturing the criminal or terrorist won’t put an end to …show more content…

For example, the Guantanamo Bay Procedure. This procedure force-feeds prisoners who refuse to eat. They are being strapped down and being force-fed through a tube going down the nose to their throat. This is pure torture of fun and there is nothing to be gained from force-feeding someone. A former detainee was a innocent man who took part in the hunger strike. They tortured him, deprived him of his sleep and would force feed him. He was deprived of his rights and was threatened. (Boumediene 2017). The military takes advantage of harming the prisoners even though they are banned from doing certain things. Yes, some prisoners are not good people, but they don’t need to be treated that way. They are already in prison for the rest of their lives These violent acts only promote more torture and violence that is not needed. Individuals are so worried about harming one another, rather than fixing the real problems. Between past history during the French Revolution and now in present day, there has been very little meaning and reasoning behind all of it. There’s no end to what we can trust and can’t trust. The media covers the truths and the individuals who do the crime cover the truth as well. So what do we really know about the world we live in? Ask yourself that maybe we would have a better

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