Could you torture someone?

MyNameIsCharlie · January 23, 2016, 01:13:37 PM

Let's use the Fox News special of justification for Guantanimo.

Through a series of events too complicated for this thread, you find yourself in a tent standing over a suspected terrorist. His friends planted a bomb somewhere and it's up to you to get him to talk.

Now, could you actually do the torture? I mean it is you putting the red hot metal up his ass, you're the one cutting his toes off etc...

So?

Casper · January 23, 2016, 01:16:33 PM

I couldn't, personally. But that doesn't mean that there aren't some people that have it coming.

Sandtrap · January 23, 2016, 01:20:32 PM

Probably not. That's not my ballpark. There's only one circumstance that would ever put me into the situation of ever even considering torturing somebody.

Verbatim · January 23, 2016, 01:28:12 PM

No.

I mean, I've fantasized about torturing meat-eaters before, because that's what I think they deserve, but I wouldn't do it.

DAS B00T x2 · January 23, 2016, 01:51:45 PM

Sure. Ragheads ain't even human.

CarsGoVroom · January 23, 2016, 01:54:57 PM

Mr. Psychologist · January 23, 2016, 01:55:29 PM

I don't believe it works, so I probably wouldn't but as a matter of being able to or not?
I wouldn't say I couldn't.

If you want information with no massive urgency to the timescale then psychological interrogation >>> but if there is 24 hours to get it out of them or something and they don't feel like talking? I could see why it might be required.

Of course you wouldn't want to waste your time with Execution tier torture, but waterboarding would probably do the trick without too much mess. Or sticking them in a sensory deprivation chamber/anechoic one if it's available.

Casper · January 23, 2016, 02:01:46 PM

Quote from: BUILD DAS WALL on January 23, 2016, 01:51:45 PM

Sure. Ragheads ain't even human.

The Lord Ruler · January 23, 2016, 02:19:36 PM

I mean i dont see ever having or wanting to do it but i feel like i could

True Turquoise · January 23, 2016, 02:41:38 PM

January 23, 2016, 03:47:26 PM

I might, just to see how it affected me mentally afterwards.

Ender · January 23, 2016, 03:49:00 PM

maybe no

eggsalad · January 23, 2016, 03:49:57 PM

>thinking torture works

Jim · January 23, 2016, 04:00:44 PM

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Jono · January 23, 2016, 04:10:06 PM

I would because terrorists are not human

Turkey · January 23, 2016, 04:23:13 PM

The short answer is no. Anyone wanting to see the other side of that question can check out an essay I did back in the day for a military ethics class. The easy argument is against torture (and that's what everyone was writing about) so I argued for it instead. I don't actually consider it morally justified; it was just a thought-experiment.

Keep in mind it's a college essay so I was required to discuss certain philosophies. If some references sound forced, it's because it was a syllabus requirement.

http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=95321546588095183688

R o c k e t · January 23, 2016, 04:31:04 PM

Never start with the head, the victim gets all fuzzy.

challengerX · January 23, 2016, 04:35:22 PM

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Black Phillip · January 23, 2016, 04:38:39 PM

I'm not a little pansy bitch, so yes.

i am karjala takaisin · January 23, 2016, 04:43:53 PM

most likely not

im really quite the little pansy bitch, as DontbanmemodIknowyouwant2 puts it

Ren · January 23, 2016, 06:31:35 PM

I couldn't.

Ushan · January 23, 2016, 06:46:50 PM

Why should I?

Aether · January 23, 2016, 06:54:04 PM

Fuck idk. It's not exactly a part of my moral compass but there's no telling what I might do if put in a 'lesser of two evils' scenario.

DAS B00T x2 · January 23, 2016, 06:55:16 PM

If you wouldn't waterboard Ahmed them get the fuck out of my country.

Super Irish · January 23, 2016, 06:57:19 PM

I don't know what I would do in such a situation.

I'd at least try the friendlier, less these-little-piggies-went-to-slaughter method first.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · January 23, 2016, 07:15:24 PM

With a smile. A creepy one, probably.

RomanGladiator · January 23, 2016, 07:21:03 PM

Depends on what movie they spoiled for me.

Winy · January 23, 2016, 07:21:47 PM

I mean you'd have to have like killed my family or something.

Sandtrap · January 23, 2016, 07:26:54 PM

Quote from: Prime Megaten on January 23, 2016, 07:15:24 PM

With a smile. A creepy one, probably.

I'd do it dressed as a clown, prefferably.

Nothing like leaving permanent psychological scars and trauma associated with clowns

Zonda · January 23, 2016, 07:28:17 PM

If I'd just played an online game on a shitty American server then probs fam. That shit gets me salty af