Use of Torture in Interrogations of POW's 5

  i had a professor in college who asked the opinion of the class on this issue. the situation: the government had captured a woman who had intel on a plotted terrorist attack on a hospital.  if we got info from her, hundreds would be saved, if not thousands. do you toture her for information?

the class almost unanimously said yes. and the he added: "Okay, well it comes down to you to do the torturing. no one else will do it. if you torture her, you may or may not get info. if you don't, hundreds may die when you could have prevented it. now what?"

the vote was again nearly unanimous. this time, however, it was against torture.  if you're not willing to do the torturing, then how can you vote for someone else to do it in your stead? something to think about. and i do feel that this issue is of great importance.