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Debatepedia completed on April 29th, 2009 the world’s most comprehensive break-
down of all the pro and con arguments and quotations in the major public debate
surrounding enhanced interrogation techniques.
Washington, DC, May 01, 2009 -- Debatepedia, a wiki encyclopedia of pros and cons
and a project of the International Debate Education Association (IDEA), completed
the world’s most comprehensive article on the pros and cons of enhanced
interrogation techniques. The article includes nearly 50 pro and con arguments and
quotations from nearly one hundred different major sources in the debate. And yet,
in the true spirit of a wiki, the article remains unfinished, with the potential
to include and document even more of the arguments and quotations that have been
made in this major, global public debate. Nevertheless, the article is the most
comprehensive available, outlining the most important arguments made in the key
editorials, opinion pieces, speeches, statements, interviews, journals and books
surrounding the topic. And, it does so within Debatepedia’s famous and innovative
pro/con structure, which is a simple pro/con splitscreen divided up by sub-debate
questions and sections. In the case of enhanced interrogations, the larger
question is obviously whether the program was justified, while the sub-debates are
driven by smaller, more chewable questions (an approach that utilizes the Socratic
method of yes/no question asking). This ensures that arguments and counter-
arguments are seen sign-by side, maximizing the ability of citizens to “weigh”
them and deliberate. For this debate, these sub-debate questions and sections
include:
As America moves forward in judging the Bush Administrations past use of these
techniques, whether to launch investigations and so-called "truth commissions",
and whether to prosecute those that ordered their implementation, it is as
important as ever to understand all the pros and cons involved in the debate.
Without such an understanding, sub-optimal decisions may be made in moving
America's interrogation programs forward. Debatepedia is proud to aid in this
process and to live up to its mission “to clarify public debates and improve
decision-making globally."
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