Writing about Argument

This was a very interesting read. Alan Dershowitz decides to write a proposal on a very touchy subject: torture and other unconventional means of questioning a subject. In his proposal, Dershowitz is obviously for the methods of torture according to certain circumstances. He goes on to say that there will be legal and illegal forms of torture going on, inside and outside the law. I believe that, if a serious enough situation arises where torture is the best means of getting important information, than it should be used. I don't agree with torture however because I believe it is very immoral. But when it comes to saving lives... you got to do what you got to do. I do think Dershowitz is right when he says torture is going on, and it is better that it be inside the law then being hidden. When it comes to certain measures, I'm sure that authorities and other officials will use torture, truth serum or the other mentioned means to find out what they need to.
Seth Finkelstein however, does not agree. He completely argues against Dershowitz's proposal and even mocks him using direct quotes from his writing. Most of Finkelstein's argument is questioning what good it would do to make torturing legal. He knows illegal torture goes on and doesn't see the need for there to be legal and illegal torture going on.