text: how do people get the opinion that torture is acceptable? this should be a slam dunk.  do you think torture is acceptable?  no.  how do people stray from that?  do they not have an education?  are they following the example of their leaders?  how?  how is the percentage of people who think torture is okay not the same as the percentage of people who think the earth is round? i try to teach my children to "treat others as you want them to treat you, not the way that they do treat you".  as far as i am concerned, two negatives only make a positive in math.  therefore, torturing anyone or anything is completely unacceptable.    those who think that is acceptable are completely barbaric and would surely change their minds once they have been tortured.