[Remember]:torture since the American civil war

[WinterHold]

I’ll be more specific nomad. Standardized and systemic torture applied equivocally to appropriate sample sizes of isolated prisoners is effective for validating a shared piece of information every time. It may not be a great tool, a moral tool, or an acceptable method, but it can be very effective.

Preventing a crime via punishment is effective; getting information out of somebody via torture is not.
We humans have minds. When pain is immense; we just simply lie to get it over with.

No wonder most American airstrikes failed to hunt Bin Laden for decades despite building torture compounds like Guantanamo Bay.

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Vietnam is a good example too.

[Little lunch]

The biggest problem with torture is that after it is finished, they let the torturer live.

[WinterHold]

The biggest problem with torture is that after it is finished, they let the torturer live.

The current president of America himself said that "torture works".
So....yes; they let the torturer live and even becomes a national hero.

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If the president of America is a torturer, think about the masses that keep such statement hidden inside them.

[Peebothuhlu]

The current president of America himself said that "torture works".
So....yes; they let the torturer live and even becomes a national hero.

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*Reads WinterHold's comment*

*Ponders quietly for a few moments as the thoughts marinate....*

 

Fek am I glad that he's not the monkey in charge of my country's circus!

You keep being you Mate.

Not at work.