Do you think the "aggressive interrogations measures" used by the U.S. on "enemy combatants" is an example of torture, and do you think that the

Do you think the "aggressive interrogations measures" used by the U.S. on "enemy combatants" is an example of torture, and do you think that the rationalizations for it are warranted? Explain.
Given the arguments of Wissler, Fry and Pinker, and the "world wars" of the 20th century, do you think that war is a universal cultural pattern? Why or why not?
Do you think that there is a cultural shift in the attitudes about the use of the death penalty in the United States? Why or why not?
Do you think that the national security was better protected as a result of state violence against "political threats" such as communists? Explain.
Does the experimentation on the population surprise you, why or why not? Do you think it could happen today, why or why not?
sing cases of each type of intergroup violence, do you think that there are any substantial differences in the use of Islamic fundamentalism compared with the use of Christian fundamentalism as an ideology to justify political violence? Explain.