(October 25, 2014 at 6:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(October 24, 2014 at 9:52 pm)Chas Wrote: I said I would use torture as a last resort - did you miss that?
Yes, and I never said otherwise. *puzzled*
Boru
You pretty strongly implied it by saying that by torturing the perp unsuccessfully, thus wasting valuable time, I would have been responsible for my daughter's death.
"Last resort" means there is nothing else useful to be done. So, no, I would not be responsible for my daughter's death in that case.
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