Very different perspectivesamblobNovember 16 2005, 04:10:36 UTC
You see torture as an end in itelf; a gratification for the torturer.
I have never seen it as such. I have always seen it as a means to an end, the end usually being the extraction of information. The only time I think of human suffering as an end to itself is when I think of politicians, and I try not to think of them.
Re: Very different perspectivethe_arch_vileNovember 18 2005, 00:45:14 UTC
Well, you have to think like the torturer...his job is to torture; thus the torture to him is the "end" per se; if it was not...it would be like having a lawyer going to court just for the money (I know they do, but bear with me) if he didn't enjoy, nor prepare for court, he would end up losing the case.
I treat it here like an "end" because that's how the torturer sees it, the actual torturer, the one in charge of making the insicions and sewing the tears.
That's the thing...samblobNovember 18 2005, 09:44:34 UTC
I don't think of the "torturer's" job as being to torture; I think of it as being to extract information. The satisfaction in the job well done would be in getting the intel, not in breaking the spirit. The art would be in breaking the spirit the right way, so that the subject doesn't care any more and starts talking. Break the spirit the wrong way and the intel is buried in the rubble of the subject's mind, or worse, dies with the subject
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I have never seen it as such. I have always seen it as a means to an end, the end usually being the extraction of information. The only time I think of human suffering as an end to itself is when I think of politicians, and I try not to think of them.
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I treat it here like an "end" because that's how the torturer sees it, the actual torturer, the one in charge of making the insicions and sewing the tears.
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