Blasphemous
Graulich
Even if we were to say that torture is sometimes necessary and justified, once you start doing it without a trial you're allowing the Rule of Law to crumble. If a highly suspicious individual can be tortured when there's a bomb-threat, next thing you know "highly suspicious individuals" will be arrested and tortured all over the place because of longer-term threats as well. The second you allow punishment outside of the legal system, you're essentially allowing the authorities to punish whomever they want for whatever they want. Sure a vast majority of them are decent enough, by far, not to abuse their power, but it's all just a matter of the individual law enforcer's moral code. Remember - the SS thought it was doing really good positive things. Nazis had a moral code too. Almost everyone today agrees (as many back then would as well) that the SS was one of the most horrible, cruel, and evil law enforcement organizations in history, but who's to say that people who make accusations against the FBI today will not be proven right tomorrow?
The conecpt of Rule of Law in a democracy is there for a very, very good reason. We mustn't even forget that.
The conecpt of Rule of Law in a democracy is there for a very, very good reason. We mustn't even forget that.