Pros And Cons Of Waterboarding

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Steven Nguyen
Mrs. Garcia
Honors English 11
26 April 2017
Should Waterboarding Be Unbanned for Interrogation? Imagine having the constant feeling of drowning. Imagine, constantly going unconscious and only hearing the splash of water before going unconscious again. The feeling of drowning is an indescribable feeling to say the least, and the use of this tactic shows how far the U.S. are willing to go to gain information. However, the U.S. doesn’t bother to realize the pain and suffering the victim has to endure as well as the cost of obtaining “reliable” information. The use of waterboarding should remain banned due to its violation of the 8th amendment, lack of reliable information, and will only serve as a gateway to allow other previous illegal torture techniques to become once again legal. Waterboarding, itself, is a violation towards the 8th amendment, which prevents the use of cruel and unusual punishments. It’s classified as cruel due to the constant sensation of drowning, which leads to periods of time where the victim goes unconscious. Not only that, but waterboarding gives the victim extreme psychological and …show more content…
needs to learn that if they make such a rash decision and unban waterboarding, such actions could lead to a chain of events, which could result in the use of currently banned techniques. If such a tactic becomes unbanned, people will think it’s justifiable to use other interrogation techniques as well. They will always bring up waterboarding then as a reference to justify in the end why other interrogation techniques that are currently illegal can’t be used too. Two scientific studies even urged to President Trump that “This order could open the door to interrogation practices that are now illegal and have been deemed cruel, inhuman, and degrading to detainees.” If waterboarding doesn’t remain banned, it can end up set off a chain of reactions that could result in the comeback of torture techniques that are currently
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