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Originally posted by rat
Government funded, intesne pain but no lasting burns or signs of duress. Hmmmm...Could think of a few things this could be misused for, among them being obtaining "confessions" from people.
The potential for abuse of this device in the hands of a government agency defies my ability to put it into words.
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Yeah, I'm going to have to second Mr. M here.
Give me a phone book, a rubber hose, a few naturally occuring pressure points and my thumb, and you will be telling me things you never thought you would be. To think that this is especially dangerous in the torture application is bunk. It's no more dangerous than anything else that can hurt people.
What it is though, is a way to avoid another Kent State. We should all be gratefull for nonleathal options.
We have many ways of killing people. The more options we have to stop someone from doing themselves or someone else physical harm, without causing harm, the better.
Let me put it another way:
Would you rather see Rodney King restrained the way he was? Or would you rather he was verbally warned, then dropped. While he was down, writhing in pain, he's handcuffed without causing him physical harm, the cops aren't hurt either. An hour later he's feeling fine, sitting in jail trying to explain his actions.