I love how this site cherry picks which polls to use.

That one’s reported on in another thread, dolt.

It also didn’t describe to interviewees what it mean by “harsh interrogation techniques” (hint: rhymes with “borture.”)

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hdj2520 Says:

Get real,like it or not ,it is a war. If torturing or killing
a nutjob who is willing to blow himself up to kill innocents
MIGHT save lives ,so be it.

GTFO of my country. Go start your own regime where you can allow your government to torture and kill people to “protect you.” See how well that works.

Also, the U.S. is not at war. Look it up.

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osage Says:

In the the looney toons world of today’s Republican faux Christian pretenders, Jesus was a racist, a homophobe, a warmonger and a selfish, greedy, elitist sociopath who horded and accumulated worldly possessions while his followers/the other children of god were starving. In what version of the bible was Jesus pro-torture, pro-death penalty, pro-weapons of mass destruction and without any awareness that his purpose on earth was to be his brother’s keeper? Today’s Republican faux Christians are sons and daughters of Satan without a single ounce of intellectual, moral or spiritual integrity. They are everything Jesus wanted human beings NOT TO BE.

You know, they warn that the antichrist will come in the guise of a highly religious person and attempt to pervert the true meaning of Christianity into its opposite. Looks to me like he’s already come and gone. “Mission accomplished!”

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dball Says:

Look, abortion is murder, period. We all know that, but it’s O.K. because it’s not against the law to murder the unborn.

Nope. Embroyo =/= fetus =/= person.

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dball Says:

The mentality right after 9/11 was to prevent another attack. Most of us at that time would not care what had to be done to keep us safe. Ask any mother right after 9/11, “What would you do to a terrorist to get information in order to protect you children?” We all know the answer.

It would really have helped if y’all had clued us liberals in. We could have set you straight right off. Because we aren’t hypocritical scum like you.

So here’s what you should have done – put Bush on TV and have him propose what he wants to do before he does it:
“I want to lie and say Saddam has WMD’s and ties to Al-Qaeda”
“I want to invade Iraq for no reason”
“I want to create a new category of detainee, which is neither civilian nor military”
“In doing so, I will be violating the U.S. Constitution, the Geneva Conventions, and/or both.”
“These detainees will not be subject to habeus corpus, which means I can ‘disappear’ anybody I want”
“I want to be able to do anything to them, including torture”
“I have to do all of this in order to keep you safe or there might be another terrorist attack.”

Would we have said yes? You might have. I would not. That is because you are filth, whereas I am an American.

— I don’t know that because I can tell a cellular mass from a baby.

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The people questioned were aware of what the question meant as evidenced by the previous question.
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Even in the same poll as the linked on this website by CBS/NY Times less than half think it is never justified and they use the word waterboarding. Why don’t you actually read the polls instead of what this site cherry picks for you.
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THAT is your opinion. Perhaps YOU read harsh techniques and think torture. That is not evidence that the people of taking the poll think the same way. If in the SAME POLL 46% of the people say waterboarding is never justified and yet only 37% say harsh techniques are never justified then its pretty clear that a whole bunch of those people were thinking of something ELSE when they heard harsh techniques. This really isnt that complicated maybe YOU should have read the whole poll and then done something rare for you. THINK ABOUT IT

I did read the poll you condescending moron. 46% was STILL the plurality opinion that is it was about 10% higher thatn saying it WAS justified. I didnt use this sites poll. I found my own more on point jerk. Why do YOU cherry pick the QUESTIONS you want then put your idiotic spin on it instead of seeing that people dont support torture and that INCLUDES waterboarding. Try to keep up

The people questioned were aware of what the question meant as evidenced by the previous question.
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I did read the poll you condescending moron. 46% was STILL the plurality opinion that is it was about 10% higher thatn saying it WAS justified. I didnt use this sites poll. I found my own more on point jerk. Why do YOU cherry pick the QUESTIONS you want then put your idiotic spin on it instead of seeing that people dont support torture and that INCLUDES waterboarding. Try to keep up

We are such hypocrites! Look, abortion is murder, period. We all know that, but it’s O.K. because it’s not against the law to murder the unborn.
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No we DONT all konw that. It is simply your OPINION. YOUR opinion does NOT define reality

Waterboarding is torture, period. Congress KNEW that, including Nancy Polosi. The mentality right after 9/11 was to prevent another attack. Most of us at that time would not care what had to be done to keep us safe.
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BUNK, again YOU project YOUR opinion as if EVERYONE felt that way. I NEVER supported torture and I dont believe the majority of Americans did either.

But then, why pass up the opportunity to trash Bush? I get it! You all are absolutely right! Let’s put the bastard in jail.
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So in your world TORTURE is no big problem and is just us taking an OPPORTUNITY to trahs Bush. YOU might not care about our countries image or our values but again that is YOU. I do and always did. In this country the LAW is king. No man is above the law so if it is found that Bush violated the law then OF COURSE HE SHOULD GO TO JAIL.

I LOVE how stupid you rightwing nuts are. So exactly what are enhanced interrogation techniques to people 71% of whom think waterboarding is torture? Since they didnt use the word TORTURE in the poll it really doesnt mean much. How many of those voting would have changed to not justified if the word torture was used? Well we actually have an answer to that and a much LARGER percentage say:

Given pro and con arguments, 63 percent in an ABC News/Washington Post poll say torture is never acceptable, even when other methods fail and authorities believe the suspect has information that could prevent terrorist attacks.

The people questioned were aware of what the question meant as evidenced by the previous question. Even in the same poll as the linked on this website by CBS/NY Times less than half think it is never justified and they use the word waterboarding. Why don’t you actually read the polls instead of what this site cherry picks for you.

What matters is what the LAW says.
Torture is a WAR CRIME.

Appoint a special prosecutor NOW!

I am not sure what is worse. Your cowardice, your lack of basic human decency or your stupidity.

I’m sure if we ask nicely they will stop wanting to kill us.
Get real,like it or not ,it is a war. If torturing or killing
a nutjob who is willing to blow himself up to kill innocents
MIGHT save lives ,so be it.
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The STUPID in this statement is jaw dropping. Lets start with who is THEY? I mean if we are talking to him then he obviously has never blown himself up. So are you saying that because SOME Muslims HAVE been suicide bombers that justifies us torturing ANY Muslims at ANY time so you can feel safer? Not BE safer just feel that way. You really are a coward. Since THEY obviously doesnt mean suicide bomber what IS the criteria? Do we need to PROVE they have done something wrong? In COURT? If not it is inevitable we will torture innocent people. In fact we already HAVE at least twice, once because the guy had a NAME similar to the one we wanted. THEY want to kill us. Who exactly are you talking about? Muslims in general? You are a coward. You dont care about guilt or innocence, you dont care about American values. You seem only to care about how YOU feel while you are shivering under your mommys bed and are willing to appolgize for warcrimes in order to make the scary thoughts about scary turban guys go away. What level of attrocities are you willing to appolgize for? Would you say drop daisy cutters at random through the middle East as Ann Coulter advised? How about killing one hundred million Muslims, virtually at random as Micheal Savage advised? Get help. You are sick, stupid and sick

No we’re not perfect,we’ve made mistakes. That happens in every conflict.
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How would that have worked? We didnt know about the plot so are you saying we should periodically get random Arab looking Muslims and torture them just to SEE if there is a plot out there? You simpleminded fools are you easy to lead along by the nose. You watch too much TV and think it is real life. Has the ticking time bomb scenarion ever happened in the history of the world? Not that I know of it hasnt.

If you hate “right-wing” ideals,fine that’s your right,but be honest,if torturing a killer would save YOUR ass you would.
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NO. You mistake YOUR cowardice for EVERYONEs feelings. If you have to torture someone to save my life. Let me die. What good is it to save my life if I lose my soul and THAT is what we are talking about the SOUL of America. For our good country to lose our soul is too high a price to pay for my life. I understand. YOU are a coward and not a very bright one so you see it differently. Fine. Just dont expect us to overlook the fact it means you HAVE. NO. DECENCY.

….it is good that these types are shrinking in numbers…

….21% of voting public that now claims to be republican…

…good bye, sickos.

If we did that…maybe you leftest would root for our side like you have for the enemies side the last 8 years.

So you endorse becoming an extremist?

Fcuk the Republicans

I LOVE how stupid you rightwing nuts are. So exactly what are enhanced interrogation techniques to people 71% of whom think waterboarding is torture? Since they didnt use the word TORTURE in the poll it really doesnt mean much. How many of those voting would have changed to not justified if the word torture was used? Well we actually have an answer to that and a much LARGER percentage say:

Given pro and con arguments, 63 percent in an ABC News/Washington Post poll say torture is never acceptable, even when other methods fail and authorities believe the suspect has information that could prevent terrorist attacks.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/polls/torture_poll_040527.html

It is ok that you have no decency and approve of torture. Just remember that YOU are the fringe, not us. ENHANCED interrogation techniques seem to mean things like hooding and noise bombing. A majority wont even support threats, more from the poll

Far fewer Americans accept other practices. Four in 10 call it acceptable to threaten to shoot a suspect, or expose a suspect to extreme heat or cold. Punching or kicking is deemed acceptable by 29 percent. And 16 percent call sexual humiliation — alleged to have occurred at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad — acceptable in some cases.

I think we need to just get a dull knife and cut their heads off slowly…like they do over there!
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I think you should just kill yourself. You are pathetic, stupid and have not a shred of decency. The world will be a better place without you. You add nothing to it. So do the right thing and throw yourself off a skyscraper. By THEY you mean ALL Arabs? Perhaps you mean the few criminal weasels who have done such a thing makes it ok for us to torture anyone who looks vaguely like them and comes from the same part of the world? You do know you are a soulless ignorant pile of dogshite dont you?

If we did that…maybe you leftest would root for our side like you have for the enemies side the last 8 years.
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I guess by us leftists you mean 71% of the country. Of course you are a liar. Lying is something you do in every post you make. You LIKE to lie. You are a punk. Then again it must be tough to be so worthless. I always wonder about cowards like you who CLAIM to love America while you so clearly HATE Americans. I guess that is why you love seeing them die so much. You LOVE seeing Americans die. You wanted the war because is it always party time at your house as long as Americans are dying. You idea of rooting for the other side is STOPPING your fun at seeing dead and dying Americans. The very thought of Americans dying somewhere just makes your useless little thingy hard. What a pathetic loser you are.