What About Torture?

The Economist has a simple article that shows attitudes of people toward torture.

I wonder what is it in Britain, France, and Spain that are so against torture. It would be an interesting thing to study why the culture is that way, considering that Spain does get many terrorists attacks (more than Britain for sure), yet so low. While the USA and South Korea are similar but at the same time very different and right above Russia and Iran respectively.

I know polls are polls and who knows how many people have been polled and what demographics, but I thought it was interesting. And I don't trust any information that comes out of China, but I guess the general populace would feel strongly against torture as their own citizens seem to be subjected to it.

Do you think torture is ok? Only for some situations? What if your daughter or sister was kidnapped, like in the movie "TAKEN"?

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