We had a discussion about torture on the show today. I don’t believe torture is effective or neccesary…especially waterboarding. An article by Darius Rejali (author of the book Torture and Democracy ) sums up these 5 Myths:

1 - Torture worked for the Gestapo
2 - Everyone talks sooner or later under torture
3 - People will say anything under torture
4 - Most people can tell when someone is lying under torture
5 - You can train people to resist torture

Read the article here.

Your comments are welcome.