Senate report on CIA torture techniques released

[Dread Knot]

Originally Posted by ikalugin

Are nuclear weapons outlawed?

Then one must specify as to which measures are permitted. For example what is "torture"? Is the use of drugs ethical? And so on and so forth.

No. But I haven't seen one fired in anger in quite some time. They are also subject to some stringent treaties regarding their numbers and testing.

When it comes to treaties, the US is a signatory to the UN convention against torture which puts us in a sticky spot.

[ikalugin]

Originally Posted by Dread Knot

No. But I haven't seen one fired in anger in quite some time. They are also subject to some stringent treaties regarding their numbers and testing.

When it comes to treaties, the US is a signatory to the UN convention against torture which puts us in a sticky spot.

Hence why I argue either for banning it (torture, and more importantly - enforcing this ban) or regulating it.

You would note that PRC and Central Asia states (and others, including USSR and it's successor - Russia) signed the very same convention. It isn't working.