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How come everybody puts themselves in the role of the torturer and not the victim?
Torture is about not being able to stop other people from hurting you. It is about taking away a person's right to protect themselves.
The premise of the OP is to see if you would torture someone who could help you save a family member. Which is just a hyperbolic way to get people to admit that yes, they would torture someone in that situation and in doing so then they must say that it's okay for governments to do it to POWs (I say governments because if the U.S. is going to do it with the support of it's people then look out Marines, the next time we get into it with a European or Asian country with an actual military, it's lights out for you).
I have one more thing to add, torture is also about the victim believing that giving information will save their life at least if there is an urgent need for that info. If someone had information about a family member in danger I would imagine that time would be a factor so telling your victim that they'll have a quick death if they give the info up might not work so well.
Just some things to ponder.
Oh and sorry for melting down, I don't like getting ganged up on.
Torture is about not being able to stop other people from hurting you. It is about taking away a person's right to protect themselves.
The premise of the OP is to see if you would torture someone who could help you save a family member. Which is just a hyperbolic way to get people to admit that yes, they would torture someone in that situation and in doing so then they must say that it's okay for governments to do it to POWs (I say governments because if the U.S. is going to do it with the support of it's people then look out Marines, the next time we get into it with a European or Asian country with an actual military, it's lights out for you).
I have one more thing to add, torture is also about the victim believing that giving information will save their life at least if there is an urgent need for that info. If someone had information about a family member in danger I would imagine that time would be a factor so telling your victim that they'll have a quick death if they give the info up might not work so well.
Just some things to ponder.
Oh and sorry for melting down, I don't like getting ganged up on.
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