Have you ever seen any of the
SAW movies? If you have not, I’ll give you a brief description of them in one word: torture. I have seen all of the movies in this series and each person who is targeted in each of the movies are being tortured. The reason why they are being tortured is because they have harmed themselves or others and are given the “opportunity” and ability to save themselves or others. In most cases, the person in danger is unable to save themself due to a lack of time. Now how is this relevant to
Rendition? This movie is similar because when the accused is being tortured, they have a chance to save themselves or others by giving important information to the government. If no information is given, the “victim” is not killed, but kept alive so that the torturers can continue to torture the accused so that they cannot escape the torture by death. The
SAW movies rarely make me sick and I can usually watch them with no problem. When I watched
Rendition, I could not watch the scenes when someone was tortured. It was strange to me why I thought this way. I think it is due to the fact that, A- the
SAW movies are not real and
Rendition can actually happen; B- the
SAW victim was given the chance to survive at their own will and the
Rendition victim was tortured nonstop until they gave important information. It makes me sick that any government or person would be allowed to torture someone for information. Which brings up another point for
Rendition and
SAW; would you torture or kill one person to save the life of one, ten, or one hundred or more people? Depending on the situation, I would say I honestly do not know. I do not believe in torture or killing or anything of the sort and no person or government should have the power to kill or torture someone.
Have you ever seen any of the SAW movies? If you have not, I’ll give you a brief description of them in one word: torture. I have seen all of the movies in this series and each person who is targeted in each of the movies are being tortured. The reason why they are being tortured is because they have harmed themselves or others and are given the “opportunity” and ability to save themselves or others. In most cases, the person in danger is unable to save themself due to a lack of time. Now how is this relevant to Rendition? This movie is similar because when the accused is being tortured, they have a chance to save themselves or others by giving important information to the government. If no information is given, the “victim” is not killed, but kept alive so that the torturers can continue to torture the accused so that they cannot escape the torture by death. The SAW movies rarely make me sick and I can usually watch them with no problem. When I watched Rendition, I could not watch the scenes when someone was tortured. It was strange to me why I thought this way. I think it is due to the fact that, A- the SAW movies are not real and Rendition can actually happen; B- the SAW victim was given the chance to survive at their own will and the Rendition victim was tortured nonstop until they gave important information. It makes me sick that any government or person would be allowed to torture someone for information. Which brings up another point for Rendition and SAW; would you torture or kill one person to save the life of one, ten, or one hundred or more people? Depending on the situation, I would say I honestly do not know. I do not believe in torture or killing or anything of the sort and no person or government should have the power to kill or torture someone. 
I agree with you in the sense that the state should not have the power to kill or torture anyone. Saying so, just raises more questions, however. Due to the justice system in Louisiana, a unanimous jury decision allows for the death of an individual. This meaning that the people have decided to end the individual's right to life. This can apply to capital punishment, but not necessarily to terrorism. It can not apply to terrorism because the information with which the state would prosecute the individual on is unknown. This is the very reason why they torture. How do we allow due process in this situation? One could say that the government should not be involved in stopping terrorism at all, but this would allow for even more growth of such in the middle east. What I'm saying, basically, is that, while everyone raises good points, there is not real solution to terrorism. We must assess the situation and sort of "play it by ear" where we test theories and let some of them spontaneously emerge.
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