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BBC poll: World against torture, Israel in favor
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Published: 19.10.06, 10:11
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1. Of course muslims oppose it, all terrorists are muslim.
(10.19.06)
2. is that right???
v. n.y. ,   usa   (10.19.06)
have you seen a picture of samir kuntar lately in the israeli prison. well let me tell you that he's israel's number one prisoner, aterrorist who committed hainous crimes in israel. did you see what he looks like? smile on his face (torture?) fat as a pig (starved?) conducts newspaper interviews from his cell whenever he wishes (isolation cell?) allowed visitors by papers and journalists (freedom taken away?) allowed to spew anti israel rhetoric from prison on israeli soil ( devoid of freedom of speech?) NOW LET'S COMPARE HIS PICTURE WITH THE MOVIE WE SAW OF RON ARAD, ISRAELI PILOT CAPTURED 20 YEARS AGO AND ROTTING IN AN IRANIAN OR SYRIAN PRISON..... hollow look and boney cheeks with holes for eyes (torture? yes) emeciated looking and blank stare (starvation? yes) red cross never saw him (against internation law of pow) allowed visitors (no) sufficient food ( what food?) giving interviews from cell (no one knows where he is or if he's still alive) NOW YOU COMPARE AND FIGURE OUT FOR YOURSELF. kuntar killed an entire family, children and all in the name of islam and intifada. while ron arad served his country during war. by the way, the bbc has always been biased towards israel so this poll doesn't surprise anyone.
3. lol
lol   (10.19.06)
hhhhhhhhhhh ynet ynet ynet
4. Think before you answer !!!
RyanH ,   Ashdod   (10.19.06)
Beofre you answer a pollster think a little as to what the results are going to be used for / against. Israel does not come out gleaming when we are announced on the BBC world service as being the country most in favor of torture. You play right into the leftist agenda. You do not lose any points by telling the surveyer that torture is bad. I am sure that if any of the Europeans who are against torture had the lives of their families threatened daily by terrorists they may change the tune.
5. Opinion Poll on Torture
NYC Girl   (10.19.06)
First of all, why does this article give the statistics for Israel and then in the next paragraph go on to say, "And what do countries who have suffered terrorist attacks think?" You mean to say that Israel isn't included among countries that have suffered terrorist attacks? At the very least, when referring to the U.S. and Britain, it should have said, "...OTHER countries who have suffered terrorist attacks..." Who the hell writes this stuff anyway?
6. CIVILIZED & CULTURED COUNTRIES UNLIKE ISRAEL OPPOSED TORTURE
(10.19.06)
7. Muslims and Torture
Renee, USA   (10.19.06)
Knowing the BBC, I suspect the irony of Muslims being against torture would have completely escaped them. It appears that Muslims have no problem with torture as long as they're the ones inflicting it.
8. more would agree if they faced terrorism like israel
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (10.19.06)
biased question to ask. they knew what the answers were going to be before they started.
9. OFFENSIVE, MISLEADING HEADLINE
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (10.19.06)
it should say: israel favors extreme pressure on terrorists in order to prevent imminent mass murder israel does not "favor torture". how pathetic.
10. The writer of this article is clearly implying something!
Joe ,   Los Angeles, CA, USA   (10.19.06)
....Something negative about Israel. Jerk!
11. Torture is unacceptable
Michael Steiner   (10.19.06)
If it was known for certain that a suspect had relevant information, then of course all methods should be used to extract that information. Problem is that it is impossible to know this for certain, and the risk of torturing an innocent person is enough to disallow such practices period.
12. why we're not surprised with this result !!!
fadi ,   lebanon   (10.19.06)
13. #6
M. Hartley ,   Atlanta, US   (10.19.06)
Would you, please, explain that to the nice folks who ever so civilizedly and culturedly chop off people's heads with swords and machetes in front of video cameras? Although you might be a little addled from torture, at least, you'll live. There's nothing like showing a video of one of Daddy's beheadings to the kiddies and setting a good example..
14. Torture is a necessary evil...
Poppy ,   Israel   (10.19.06)
How else do you make someone spill the beans?
15. not surprising that this is coming from the BBC
yonatan ,   nyc   (10.19.06)
16. Torturing the truth
Ami Isseroff ,   Rehovot Israel   (10.19.06)
The Yediot headline is incorrect. Israel as a whole is against torture. In no other country did the poll separate people into groups. For example, we may find that in Iraq, Shi'a are for turtoring terrorists and Sunni are against it. Sometimes reading slanted journalism can be torture too. It certainly tortures the truth.
17. biased BBC spreads hatred
Jeff ,   Philadelphia, USA   (10.19.06)
No other country in the world has experienced the terror that Israel has endured. The Muslems in Israel are against torture, because Muslems support terrorism. Jews favor it because they want the terror stopped. Yet after this writer discusses Israel, he/she then asks, "And what do countries who have suffered terror attacks think?" As if Israel doesn't suffer terror attacks? The purpose of this article is to spread hatred toward Jews.
18. Torture?
Avraham ,   Netivot   (10.19.06)
Gee, since not muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are muslims, I see no problem with using suptle pressure on terrorists to save innocent lives, no matter whom they may be.
19. Next BBC poll result:
Benjamin ,   TA Israel   (10.19.06)
Jews are in favor of drinking blood of christian babies.
20. Muslims support torture of non-Muslims
(10.19.06)
We need no poll to tell us that!
21. ME TOO I SUPPORT TORTURE TO SAVE INNOCENT PEOPLE
(10.19.06)
22. What is torture?
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (10.19.06)
This poll does not give examples of what is "torture." Certainly cutting off body parts with boltcutters or chainsaw, watching loved ones being raped before your eyes, shoved feet first into an industrial shredder, is torture that should never be used by any country for any reason whatsoever. Sleep deprivation, pentothal ("truth serum") injections, sensory deprivation, disorientation, panties on the head, waterboarding, head-messing, reward and punishment, good cop/bad cop routines, climate control adjustments, are all legitimate interrogation techniques and are not "torture."
23. this article
megan ,   Israel   (10.19.06)
is torture to read....and the poll is ridulous, especially as it comes from the BBC...HaHa moslems against torture ..i wonder why? they cant take what they dish out. I see they haven't included South American countires int heir poll! #2 How right you are!
24. #22 kyle
megan ,   Israel   (10.19.06)
yes you are right...there is a difference between phsyical torture and mental torture, that is usually interogaton. And this poll does not explain exactly what torture they are against. They haven't included south american countries, I noticed
25. World against torture, Israel in favor
Arif ,   brooklyn,ny   (10.19.06)
World against torture, Israel in favor . i hope you see the differece between world and Israel
26. torture
Jeff ,   USA   (10.19.06)
Terrorists don't deserve humane treatment. Let's protect the innocent instead of the criminals.
27. Far as I am concerned...
Johnson ,   USA   (10.19.06)
Terrorist have earned the right to be tortured. Have you seen how they treat their prisoners?
28. Not only "torture"
Kalman ,   TA, Israel   (10.19.06)
Death penalty must be introduced for those bastards (sorry, but I don't have another word) with innocent blood on their hands. Don't give them a chance to be release at another "peaceful deal" or "prisoners exchange". Were they dead, we wouldn't have cases like Shalit bribery.
29. to Steiner #11
Mike ,   Atlanta, USA   (10.19.06)
We do not all share your ethics. If you find torture unacceptable, then access the appropriate insitutional channels to ban torture.
30. #25
v. n.y. ,   usa   (10.19.06)
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ISRAEL IS: israel has many many more concentration of people like yourself on its borders. hence the need to not only protect, but interrogate those who wish us harm. israel WISHES SHE HAD THE LUXURY of living with peaceful neighbors just like THE WORLD does. don't go comparing our situation with the world's since it is not a fair comparrison and you well know it. by the way....have you seen all the beheadings of "prisoners" by your kind of people lately? i suggest you do on the net. what would you call this? having a nice tea party for the prisoners? i vomited when i finished viewing one. you are BARBRIANS! english, american and even arab prisoners killed, maimed, beheaded, limbs chopped off...etc... by your people. they didn't even have the luxury of being tortured. the torture was skipped in favor of sawing off the head....in front of the world to see what allah hu akbar means. you pitiful people. shame on you to even dare comment on this article. have you ever seen israeli pow coming out of syrian jails? what a sight! they ended up vegetables without nails on both feet and hands, eyes gouged out, testicles electrecuted, emeciated beyond belief, a hollow look with exhibiting disoriented behavior and impared cognitive thinking from bashes to the head, limping, sick, no visits by red cross, no contact with reporters or families. you are the one to speak! during the 1948, 1967, 1973, 2006 wars, it was ARABS WHO ATTACKED US! we responded because our country was at risk. we defended ourselves like any normal country would. so, also stop blabbering that we committed war crimes against you people during the wars.
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