Interrogators should have the legal right to torture terrorists.

I must say I that I am sorry for not posting for round 4. I had FCAT so I was very busy. Now I will refute both my opponents round 4 and 5 as well as recap my owm points. My opponent in round 4 stated that if we should outlaw torture because of the falsely accused we should outlaw prison as well. This is clearly absurd as 2 weeks of torture is much worse than 2 years in prison. Torture is both physically, mentally and emothionally scarring. As my friend AnimeFanTony shows in is comment the definition for torture is as follows. Torture 1 : to cause intense suffering to : torment 2 : to punish or coerce by inflicting excruciating pain 3 : to twist or wrench out of shape : distort , warp So as you can see that can leave the victim in horrid physical and mental condition. You also stated that using vionlence to protect innocent people is self defence and that self defense isn't morrally wrong. This is clearly false. Lets say that the government takes in a suspected terrorist who is ignorant of terrorist affairs. Because the interrogaters would believe him to be a terrorist they would go and use torture in order to extract information. As he doesn't know anything he may at first try to tell them that he is innocent but if that would not work he would of course lie. Because it is not that hard to come up with a story on the spot in desperate times like this the victim would and the goverment gets false information. So not only would it leave a man scarred for the rest of his days but the government would have wasted time and resources looking into false information. Also as stated by AnimeFanTony WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A CREDIBLE SOURCE. Any one can go in and edit wikipedia and post whatever it is they want. And if it happens to be a protected article that would get spammed alot. Make an account for free and then edit. So his facts from wikipedia are void. Also it is not the Iraq War. I would expect that a grown man as yourself would realize that America never declared war so it infact not a war. George Bush did however declare a war on terror. We are in Iraq as liberaters. And to your question is world war II unjust, YES it was an unjust war. Many innocent civilians died, the Jews were nearly exterminated, and led to many countries having nuclear weapons technology which is a major threat to the world today. Even if torture does not kill someone it will leave them scarred and messed up and unable to integrate into sociey normally agian. Also if we had a better screening process we could just convict terrorists. But we don't have a better screening process so torture should be outlawed. And in response to his round for closing what happens if the terrorist gives the government false information that leads the government into a trap. Our soldiers would die because of a lie told because of torture. Now onto his round 5 arguments and would first like to thank everyone for there help in the comments section. In your round 4 process you admit that America needs a better screening process yet in round five you say interrogators would'nt waste time 'making a move' unless they believed the source to be credible. Do you have a source for that or are you making stuff up again? Also as i stated before exponding on a lie is not hard and if they collaborated with them the terrorist could easily lead them into an ambush. Remember that terrorist have a history of throwing away their lives frivilously as seen with suicide bombers, hijackers, and the like. The terrorist could lead them to a cave waiting full of terrorists or mines so when he leads them in everyone dies. Ok onto this 'interrogation is torture' foolishness. He says interrogation is "causing someone pain or anguish in order to extract information out of them. Something causing pain or anguish is torture." Interrogation according to my definitions are as follows. Interrogate-verb 1 : to question formally and systematically 2 : to give or send out a signal to (as a transponder) for triggering an appropriate response That one is from merriam webster dictionary and again there is no mention of the words pain or anguish. Interrogation 1.the act of interrogating; questioning. 2.an instance of being interrogated: He seemed shaken after his interrogation. 3.a question; inquiry. 4.a written list of questions. 5.an interrogation point; question mark. Now whats torture you ask. Well the definition of torture is as follows. Torture 1 : to cause intense suffering to : torment 2 : to punish or coerce by inflicting excruciating pain 3 : to twist or wrench out of shape : distort , warp Also torture doesn't work. Why do thieves continue to steal even though the majority get caught and it is against the law or why do people murder when its against the law. If you can answer that then you will know why people continue to torture even though its against international law. Furthermore the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutes crimes against humanity. Guess what torture is? Thats right a crime against humanity. So if that many countries where actually doing torture the ICC would be really busy.