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I haven't read the whole thread, but I gotta tell you, so much of the question will turn on how you define torture. Infliction of pain, sure, I think everyone would agree on that. But once you get past that, the questions get murky. How about causing fear? Shame? Discomfort? How much?
This actually is one of the areas in which I don't ask initially "does it work?" Because torture is wrong even if it works, just like murder is wrong even if it achieves some goal and thus "works." I just think we have to confront the issue that some unpleasant treatment is not torture and some is, and finding the line is not always easy.
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