Torture; Right or Wrong?

In Mario's his blog, he talks about whether or not torture should be allowed. He states that, "American troops risk their lives and put themselves in a dice-roll with death not knowing when danger will take its tragic toll, all for the protection of our country." I agree whole-heartedly to that statement. Some people see torture as an unreasonable solution that should be directed in a different manner. Nowadays, there might not be such manners that will be effective. In order to get the information we need to stop tragedies like 9/11 from happening, we must take every precaution starting with getting information. I do think that in order for the "torture" to be allowed, it must be from life-threatening instances. But, also if people are allowed to use the torture solution, it will be taken out of context. I definitely agree with his blog and think that he used very good examples to this question of right or wrong.

Child Abuse & Neglect

For those who have kids, "Child abuse" and "Neglect" are words and feelings they never want to encounter. According to Jeff Barnard's article entitled, State finds child abuse and neglect at school, the state found around 18 issues that violated state terms in a boarding school located in Central Oregon. After several complaints, they decided to investigate the Mount Bachelor Academy and found instances where students had to act out sexual roles, act out physical abuse and "obscene and degrading comments from the staff." Some parents interviewed actually took the stance opposite to what I was thinking. If I were a parent, and my kid's school had just been taken into investigation, I would want to take them out of that school immediately. It's one thing to do something wrong, but even to be investigated might as well say you've done something wrong. Personally, I know I would NEVER send my child to a boarding school because I would miss them too much. So, for the parents that do, I can see why they don't really care if the school they sent their child to is being investigated for making children do obscene acts. This school obviously needed to be looked at from a closer angle so that the "troubled" kid's that DO go there, will be safe from harm. This makes me wonder, what is the world coming to? The people we are supposed to trust with our children's lives are steadily proving us wrong day by day. Starting with Day-Care, School, Boarding schools, who can we really trust?