Don't infringe on my liberties! My freedom is worth everyone else's! My freedom gives me the right to torture those who may upset my fragile free world!
Apparently, a majority of the people in the freest of the free countries (you know, the freedom lovers, the U.S., U.K., France, etc.), believe that torture can be justified. Even after all we have seen, all the abuses of power, they trust our fearless leaders to make smart choices and only torture those who, you know, had it coming.
Most Americans and a majority of people in Britain, France and South Korea say torturing terrorism suspects is justified at least in rare instances, according to AP-Ipsos polling.
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In America, 61 percent of those surveyed agreed torture is justified at least on rare occasions. Almost nine in 10 in South Korea and just over half in France and Britain felt that way.
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