The society claims to be pro-human rights, but the same individuals within the society are prone to torturing others. Torture is the act of inflicting excruciating pain on someone, either physically or physiologically, in order to obtain information or simply by being cruel enough to feel pleasure from someone's pain. other. Torture is an act that was used hundreds of years ago by powerful people who brutally used such techniques to rule their empire. Although humans have moved on from this era, many feel that this cruel system should and can still be used. Many individuals in society believe that torture is absolutely necessary in extreme conditions, but they fail to realize that no matter how intense the situation, torture cannot be justified. Torture is a vindictive and inhumane act because it can be misused on innocent people, it leads to many physiological effects afterwards, interrogators are negatively affected and the information extracted from individuals is unreliable. Primarily, torture is wrong because it is often unjustified. used on innocent people. Many people resort to torture without having any clear evidence that the victim is wrong and deserves what they are suffering. This is clear from what the US government did to individuals it thought were suspects after 9/11. The September 11 attacks were a series of terrorist attacks launched by Al-Qaeda against New York and Washington DC. As a result of these attacks, once the government began investigating, many people were arrested, without any reason, if they felt they had participated in the activity. Some dense reasons given for the arrests included that the names of those held captive matched those of the suspect...... middle of paper ...... not only negatively affects the victim, but also has serious impacts on the torturers themselves. because they have to live with the guilt of what they have done to others. Finally, many people believe that torture is absolutely necessary because it should be used in extreme cases. However, the information provided by those tortured is not reliable enough for a country to waste time and money on it. For these reasons, torture should not be used and remain immoral. (I NEED A CONCLUSION SENTENCE) Works Cited http://civilliberty.about.com/od/waronterror/p/torturelite.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/08/opinion /l-arrests-after -9-11-are-we-safer-006750.html http://www.irct.org/what-is-torture/effects-of-torture.aspx http://protorture.blogspot .com/ http:/ /www.constantinereport.com/psycho-self-mutilation-the-traumatic-effects-of-torture-on-the-torturer/