Chamblee54

There is a discussion today at Avitable about torture. It might be a coincidence that Adolph Hitler is wearing a party hat.
There is a comment by Chamblee54. Torture is like the other moral issues that people love to debate, i.e. war, capital punishment, and abortion. IMO, they should all be allowed, but used very very sparingly.
The circumstances where such strong measures should be used are almost never in effect. I don’t believe in the ticking time bomb, or the easter bunny. And if the ticking time bomb was about to go off, would we have the time to go on the wild goose chase the “terrorist” would send us on? People will say anything to make the pain stop. Also, once this person is captured, the plans are going to change.
Yes, keep the torture stick in the tool box, but be very careful about taking it out.
That was written before going to the dentist. The plan was to replace an old filling. At one point during the procedure, I said “I’ll tell you whatever it is you want to know” So, the Doctor said “who did that filling?” I couldn’t remember the name. This is another problem with torture…if you forget something, torture is not going to help you remember. This includes the name of a dentist who filled a cavity 45 years ago.
So, I am back home now, and the novocaine is slowly fading away. I have been thinking about the ticking time bomb and the easter bunny. I am not a purist. If we determine that the easter bunny is a terrorist, and that one of the eggs he dropped off is a ticking time bomb, then we should torture the easter bunny to save thousands of lives.