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KingCharlemagne

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5. This poll should cheer you up . . . NOT!:

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Fri Dec 12, 2014, 11:08 AM

Dec 2014

A more recent poll, conducted by the Associated Press in 2013, confirmed Pew’s findings. AP found that a little more than half of Americans said they favor the U.S. government’s use of harsh interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists to seek information about terrorist activities: 28 percent said they strongly favor them, and 23 percent moderately favored them. The same survey found that 22 percent of Americans strongly opposed harsh interrogation techniques and 16 percent moderately opposed them, with 11 percent reporting that they are either neutral or undecided.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/senate-torture-report-public-opinion/

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After wading through the torture apologists on Facebook...I am at a crossroads [View all] Horse with no Name Dec 2014 OP

Their God? jberryhill Dec 2014 #1

.... Horse with no Name Dec 2014 #2

They pretty much think their God is on the same team in this stuff jberryhill Dec 2014 #9

We live in dark times. We have had many dark times in the history of the world. The good news is liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #3

One of my UK friends posted an article on FB Skidmore Dec 2014 #4

We cannot count on nations policing themselves. We do need the world court. liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #6

This poll should cheer you up . . . NOT!: KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #5

That proves that propaganda works. shraby Dec 2014 #7

Yep. Horse with no Name Dec 2014 #8

the support comes because of the lie that torture produces useful information GreatGazoo Dec 2014 #10

+1 Scuba Dec 2014 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Dec 2014 #12

Problem is if we use history then most countries rarely prosecute their own when it comes to cstanleytech Dec 2014 #13

It is a puzzle to me. TNNurse Dec 2014 #14

I think genocide is wrong and we did that, too Jack Rabbit Dec 2014 #15