angrymnk wrote:
:) Really?
Um.. you do realize that we are not creating new words here. Torture happens to have an established definition already. I get that you are trying to massage it a little bit so that you obfuscate its meaning and make it seem more benign ( by your definition prisons are torture ).
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/torture wrote:
:the act of causing severe physical pain as a form of punishment or as a way to force someone to do or say something
:something that causes mental or physical suffering : a very painful or unpleasant experience
1 a: anguish of body or mind : agony
b: something that causes agony or pain
2 : the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure
Why don't you actually look up the word before saying that I'm changing the definition? There are entire movements against the effectiveness of prisons. Regardless of where you draw the "torture" line, we tend to think prison is acceptable due to the actions and crime that the prisoners have committed. That's literally the same logic being used against terrorists. The only difference here is the difference of opinion of what constitutes as an inhumane torture.
How am I trying to make obfuscate anything or make it benign when I mentioned that there is an array of torture techniques, some more inhumane than others? You're just randomly throwing words around.
angrymnk wrote:
I also do get why you would want to do this. You feel guilty and you desperately want to defend your worldview. It is cute. It is like watching a child see the real world for the first time and holding on to its beliefs for as long as it can. Eventually, reality will win, but puppies go to heaven/Santa is real will stay with it for a while.
I am glad to see you are on denial stage though; it shows some progress.
Guilty of what? I never done anything. I'm not in the CIA. Do you even understand the discussion?
Edited, Dec 15th 2014 11:03pm by Almalieque