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so then the rationale for torture is that it is a theater of cruelty.
on the same order as saturation bombing, say--it generates the impression that the opponent is willing to do anything---anything at all---in this context.
so it's a signal that we're leaving the ordinary dehumanization of battle and entering into a special zone of it.
i know that's not what you said: im trying to fit it into a space i can interpret.
something closer to your argument might be that unless one is a pacifist and opposes war altogether, torture is simply part of the deal.
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