I think it's all the bottom of the pit.


>I guess most would - myself probably included.
>The policeman knew it was "hairy".
>Are those able to imagine themselves torturing others for the good of *familiy only*
>higher or lower on a morality scale than those doing it for citizens unknown to them ?
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>>In that case I could probably conduct the torture myself.
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>>>Here in Frankfurt a not so far in the past was a case of an abducted child. Police only threatened the kidnapper with "torture" to get an idea where the kid was, not knowing if he was alive. The kidnapper showed them where the dead body was.
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>>>There is still some legal wrangling over all this (the interviewer stood by his decision and had to go, the kidnapper i AFAIK is still mounting legal proceedings) and I know that there are a few imaginable other situations:
>>>
>>>The kidnapper being "tortured" and they find the kid alive
>>>The kidnapper being "tortured" and keeping quit
>>>Somebody innocent being tortured and having no idea where to send them to find the kid
>>>
>>>Now imagine it would have been your kid.
>>>
>>>>Sure, tickle his feet all you want, but don't start ripping out his nails. The truth is that torture has been shown over and over to be an unreliable method of obtaining valid information. It says more about the torturer than the victim afaic.
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